Heavy Metal Stress in Plants

Plant Stress Biology: From Genomics to Systems Biology

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 161-178

  Cuypers, Ann ^a   Smeets, Karen ^a   Vangronsveld, Jaco ^a  

^a HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Abiotic stress; Heavy metals; Oxidative stress; Plant stress; Signal transduction; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

EID: 78349308289     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9783527628964.ch8     Document Type: Chapter

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