Changes in antioxidant and pigment pool dimensions in UV-B irradiated maize seedlings

Environmental and Experimental Botany

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 149-157

  Carletti, Paolo ^a   Masi, Antonio ^a   Wonisch, Astrid ^b   Grill, Dieter ^b   Tausz, Michael ^b   Ferretti, Massimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Oxidative stress; Reactive oxygen species (ROS); Tocopherols; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0142040184     PISSN: 00988472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0098-8472(03)00020-0     Document Type: Article

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