Water stress-induced oxidative damage and antioxidant responses in micropropagated banana plantlets

Biologia Plantarum

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 153-156

  Chai, T T ^a,b   Fadzillah, N M ^a   Kusnan, M ^a   Mahmood, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b INTI INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Ascorbate peroxidase; Catalase; Glutathione reductase; Lipid peroxidation; Oxidative stress; Superoxide dismutase

Indexed keywords

MUSA;

EID: 17044407164     PISSN: 00063134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00000-005-3156-9     Document Type: Article

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