Low light grown duckweed plants are more protected against the toxicity induced by Zn and Cd

Plant Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 859-863

  Artetxe, Unai ^a   García Plazaola, José Ignacio ^a   Hernández, Antonio ^a   Becerril, José M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ascorbate; Glutathione; Heavy metals; Lemna minor; Tocopherol; VAZ

Indexed keywords

LEMNA; LEMNA MINOR;

EID: 0037704813     PISSN: 09819428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0981-9428(02)01446-8     Document Type: Article

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