“…However, it is unlikely due to accumulation of other toxic metals since NA preferentially binds to a few metals listed above. This yield reduction seen in our OsNAS2-D1 crop was much less critical compared with plants that over-express Fe-transporter genes (Lee and An, 2009;Lee et al, 2009a). Thus, considering the increase in bioavailable Fe content in those seeds, this small number of negative effects is tolerable.…”