Mutation Protects Plants Against Harmful Explosive, TNT (2 of 4) (IMAGE)

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Mutation Protects Plants Against Harmful Explosive, TNT (2 of 4)

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Plants deficient in MDHAR6 will contribute to the remediation of TNT-contaminated land. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the Sept. 4, 2015 issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by E.J. Johnston at University of York in York, UK, and colleagues was titled, "Monodehydroascorbate reductase mediates TNT toxicity in plants."

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[Credit: Phil Roberts]

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