Responses to desiccation injury in developing wheat embryos from naturally- and artificially-dried grains

Plant Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 363-367

  Spanò, Carmelina ^a   Bottega, Stefania ^a   Grilli, Isa ^a   Lorenzi, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Dehydrin; Hydrogen peroxide; Ribonucleases; Triticum durum

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CATALASE; DEHYDRIN PROTEINS, PLANT; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; ISOPROTEIN; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PEROXIDASE; RIBONUCLEASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN; WATER;

ARTICLE; CEREAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DESICCATION; GERMINATION; METABOLISM; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; WHEAT;

ANTIOXIDANTS; CATALASE; CEREALS; DESICCATION; GERMINATION; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PEROXIDASES; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RIBONUCLEASES; SEEDS; TRITICUM; WATER;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM; TRITICUM TURGIDUM SUBSP. DURUM;

EID: 79953047459     PISSN: 09819428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2011.02.007     Document Type: Article

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