Antioxidant enzyme activities and proline content in maize seedling and their relationships to cold endurance

Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1045-1050

  Gao, Canhong ^a   Hu, Jin ^a   Zheng, Yunye ^a   Zhang, Sheng ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cold endurance; Maize inbred line; Peroxidase; Proline; Regression analysis; Relative growth rate; Stepwise

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; PEROXIDASE; PROLINE;

AMINO ACID; ANTIOXIDANT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GROWTH RATE; MAIZE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SEEDLING;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; COLD CLIMATE; MAIZE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SEEDLING; TEMPERATURE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; CATALASE; COLD CLIMATE; PEROXIDASES; PROLINE; SEEDLING; TEMPERATURE; ZEA MAYS;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33750412842     PISSN: 10019332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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