Short-term chromium(VI) stress induces different photosynthetic responses in two duckweed species, Lemna gibba L. and Lemna minor L

Photosynthetica

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 513-520

  Olah V ^a   Lakatos, G ^a   Bertok C ^a   Kanalas, P ^a   Szollosi, E ^a   Kis, J ^a   Meszaros I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

Author keywords

chlorophyll fluorescence; Cr(VI); duckweed; electron transport rate; Lemna gibba; Lemna minor; nonphotochemical quenching; rapid light curves

Indexed keywords

LEMNA; LEMNA GIBBA; LEMNA MINOR;

EID: 78651262563     PISSN: 03003604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11099-010-0068-6     Document Type: Article

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