Regulation and role of the alternative oxidase in chilling injury of green bell pepper (Capsicum annuum L.)

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 553, Issue , 2001, Pages 289-292

  Purvis, A C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll fluorescence; Mitochondrial electron transport; Reactive oxygen species; Respiration; Western blot analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006042657     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2001.553.68     Document Type: Conference Paper

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