Exaggeration of desiccation stress by heavy metal pollution in Tortula ruralis: A pilot study

Plant Growth Regulation

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 157-160

  Takács, Zoltán ^a   Tuba, Zoltán ^a   Smirnoff, Nicholas ^b  

^a SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cd; Glutathione; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; FLUORESCENCE; PLANTS (BOTANY); POLLUTION CONTROL; STRESS ANALYSIS;

DESICCATION;

HEAVY METALS;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; PTERIDOPHYTA; TORTULA RURALIS;

EID: 0035670850     PISSN: 01676903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1014481704892     Document Type: Conference Paper

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