Germination, osmotic adjustment, and antioxidant enzyme activities of gibberellin-pretreated Picea asperata seeds under water stress

New Forests

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 231-243

  Yang, Y ^a,b   Liu, Q ^b   Wang, G X ^a   Wang, X D ^a   Guo, J Y ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOUNTAIN HAZARDS AND ENVIRONMENT   (China)

^b CHENGDU INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (China)

^c LESHAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Antioxidant enzymes; Germination; Gibberellin; Osmotic adjustment; Water stress

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT ENZYME; ANTIOXIDANT ENZYME ACTIVITY; ASCORBATE PEROXIDASE; FREE PROLINE; GERMINATION INDEX; LIPID PEROXIDATION; OSMOTIC ADJUSTMENT; PEG-TREATMENT; PICEA ASPERATA; SEED GERMINATION; SOLUBLE SUGARS; UNDER WATER; WATER POTENTIAL; WATER STRESS;

CATALYSTS; ENZYMES; OSMOSIS; PLANTS (BOTANY); POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; SEED; SUGAR (SUCROSE);

WATER RECYCLING;

ANTIOXIDANT; CONIFEROUS TREE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GERMINATION; GROWTH REGULATOR; OSMOREGULATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; WATER STRESS;

PICEA; PICEA ASPERATA;

EID: 77950458156     PISSN: 01694286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11056-009-9167-2     Document Type: Article

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