Adaptive alterations in the activities of scavengers of active oxygen in cucumber cotyledons irradiated with UV-B

Journal of Plant Physiology

Volumn 147, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 589-592

  Takeuchi, Yuichi ^a   Kubo, Hirotsugu ^a   Kasahara, Hirokazu ^a   Sakaki, Takeshi ^a  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Active oxygen; Ascorbate peroxidase; Cucumis sativus; Growth inhibition; Ultraviolet B

Indexed keywords

CUCUMIS SATIVUS; LETHRINIDAE;

EID: 0030019319     PISSN: 01761617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0176-1617(96)80050-2     Document Type: Article

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