Increased antioxidant activity under elevated temperatures: A mechanism of heat stress tolerance in wheat genotypes

Biologia Plantarum

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 245-251

  Sairam, R K ^a   Srivastava, G C ^a   Saxena, D C ^a  

^a INDIAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Active oxygen species; Ascorbate peroxidase; Ascorbic acid; Catalase; Hydrogen peroxide; Oxidative stress; Superoxide dismutase; Temperature stress; Triticum aestivum

Indexed keywords

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0033920032     PISSN: 00063134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1002756311146     Document Type: Article

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