Effects of cyanobacterial toxins and cyanobacterial cell-free crude extract on germination of alfalfa (Medicago sativa) and induction of oxidative stress

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2381-2387

  Pflugmacher, Stephan ^a   Jung, Katharina ^a   Lundvall, Linn ^a   Neumann, Stefanie ^a   Peuthert, Anja ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crop plant; Cyanotoxins; Germination; Oxidative stress; Spray irrigation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; CROPS; ENZYMES; LAKE POLLUTION; METABOLITES;

CROP PLANTS; CYANOTOXINS; OXIDATIVE STRESSES; SPRAY IRRIGATION;

TOXIC MATERIALS;

ANATOXIN A; ASCORBATE PEROXIDASE; BACTERIAL TOXIN; CATALASE; CYANOGINOSIN; DNA; GLUTATHIONE; HEPTAPEPTIDE; LAKE WATER; LIPID; PARAQUAT; PLANT EXTRACT; PROTEIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; VITAMIN; CYANOBACTERIAL TOXIN; CYANOGINOSIN LR; CYCLOPEPTIDE; HERBICIDE; MARINE TOXIN;

ALFALFA; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENZYME; GERMINATION; GROWTH RATE; INHIBITION; IRRIGATION; ROOT; TOXICITY; TOXIN;

ALFALFA; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GERMINATION; GROWTH INHIBITION; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); LIPID PEROXIDATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOT GROWTH; SEEDLING; WATER CONTAMINATION; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PLANT SEED;

ALFALFA; BACTERIOLOGY; ENZYMES; LAKES; METABOLISM; POISONS; WATER POLLUTION;

CYANOBACTERIA; MEDICAGO SATIVA;

BACTERIAL TOXINS; CYANOBACTERIA; GERMINATION; HERBICIDES; MARINE TOXINS; MEDICAGO SATIVA; MICROCYSTINS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARAQUAT; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; SEEDS;

EID: 33750583339     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/05-615R.1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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