Copper-induced oxidative damage and enhanced antioxidant defenses in the root apex of maize cultivars differing in Cu tolerance

Environmental and Experimental Botany

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 415-420

  Madejón, Paula ^b   Ramírez Benítez, José Efraín ^c   Corrales, Isabel ^a   Barceló, Juan ^a   Poschenrieder, Charlotte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA DE SEVILLA   (Spain)

^c Unit of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Plants   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Copper tolerance; Copper toxicity; Oxidative stress; Root tip iron; Root transition zone; Superoxide dismutase

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COPPER; CULTIVAR; DESORPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MAIZE; OXIDATION; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; RHIZOSPHERE; TOLERANCE; TOXICITY;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 70349820090     PISSN: 00988472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2009.08.006     Document Type: Article

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