Long-term exposure to enhanced ultraviolet-B radiation in the sub-arctic does not cause oxidative stress in Vaccinium myrtillus

New Phytologist

Volumn 140, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 691-697

  Taulavuori, E ^a   Backman M ^b   Taulavuori, K ^a   Gwynn Jones, D ^c,d   Johanson, U ^a   Laine, K ^a   Callaghan, T ^c,d,e   Sonesson, M ^d,e   Bjorn L O ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c Sheffield Centre for Arctic Ecology   (United Kingdom)

^d ABISKO SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH STATION   (Sweden)

^e LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Bilberry; Cold hardening; u.v. B radiation; Vaccinium myrtillus L

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; OXIDATION; SUBARCTIC REGION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

MYRTILLUS; VACCINIUM MYRTILLUS;

EID: 0032437766     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.1998.00302.x     Document Type: Article

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