Ascorbate synthesis and ascorbate peroxidase activity during the early stage of wheat germination

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 894-900

  De Gara, L ^a   De Pinto, M C ^b   Arrigoni, O ^b  

^a Inst of Botany   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Ascorbate; Ascorbate free radical; Ascorbate peroxidase; Dehydroascorbic acid; Dehydroascorbic acid reductase; Hydrogen peroxide; Seed germination; Triticum durum; Wheat

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030773307     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3054.1997.1000415.x     Document Type: Article

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