Protection mechanisms against excess light in the resurrection plants Craterostigma wilmsii and Xerophyta viscosa

Plant Growth Regulation

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 203-210

  Sherwin, Heather W ^a   Farrant, Jill M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Anthocyanins; Anti oxidant enzymes; Chlorophyll; Free radicals; Homoiochlorophyllous; Poikilochlorophyllous

Indexed keywords

CRATEROSTIGMA WILMSII; XEROPHYTA VISCOSA;

EID: 0031937212     PISSN: 01676903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005801610891     Document Type: Conference Paper

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