“…1 and 2), Ca or Mg application effects were significant in the + Al treatment, indicating that Ca or Mg application alleviated the Al toxicity (Hecht-Buchholz and Schuster 1987; Grimme and Lindhauer 1989;Shen et al 1993). In barley, the alleviation of Al toxicity by Ca or Mg was hardly observed, suggesting that 0.5 mM Al is an excessive amount for the inhibition of growth.…”