Natural and man-made selection for air pollution resistance

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 50, Issue 338, 1999, Pages 1423-1435

  Barnes, Jeremy ^a   Bender, Jürgen ^b   Lyons, Tom ^a   Borland, Anne ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGEN DIAGNOSTICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Detoxification; Ozone; Plant breeding; Sulphur dioxide

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

EID: 0032863368     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/50.338.1423     Document Type: Article

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