The response of carbon metabolism and antioxidant defenses of alfalfa nodules to drought stress and to the subsequent recovery of plants

Plant Physiology

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 1104-1114

  Naya, Loreto ^a   Ladrera, Ruben ^b   Ramos, Javier ^a   González, Esther M ^b   Arrese Igor, Cesar ^b   Minchin, Frank R ^c   Becana, Manuel ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

^c ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ENZYME INHIBITION; LIPIDS; METABOLISM;

ANTIOXIDANT GENES; BACTEROIDS; OXIDATIVE DAMAGE; RESPIRATORY SUBSTRATES;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ALFALFA; CARBON; ENZYMES; METABOLISM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MEDICAGO SATIVA;

EID: 34250652889     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.107.099648     Document Type: Article

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