Stress induced injury and antioxidant enzymes in relation to drought tolerance in wheat genotypes

Biologia Plantarum

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 357-364

  Sairam, R K ^a   Shukla, D S ^a   Saxena, D C ^a  

^a INDIAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Active oxygen species; Ascorbate peroxidase; Carotenoids; Chlorophylls; Glutathione reductase; Oxidative injury; Oxidative stress; Triticum aestivum; Water stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031543729     PISSN: 00063134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1001009812864     Document Type: Article

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