Growth promotion and a decrease of oxidative stress in maize seedlings by a combination of geomagnetic and weak electromagnetic fields

Journal of Plant Physiology

Volumn 168, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1123-1128

  Hajnorouzi, Abazar ^a   Vaezzadeh, Majid ^a   Ghanati, Faezeh ^b   jamnezhad, Hassan ^a   Nahidian, Bahareh ^b  

^a K N TOOSI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Ferritin nanoparticles; Geomagnetic field; Ion channel; Weak electromagnetic field; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CALCIUM; IRON; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ARTICLE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENZYMOLOGY; GERMINATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MAIZE; METABOLISM; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT ROOT; PLANT SEED; RANDOMIZATION; RESPIRATORY BURST; SEEDLING; TIME;

ANTIOXIDANTS; CALCIUM; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; GERMINATION; IRON; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT SHOOTS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; RESPIRATORY BURST; SEEDLING; SEEDS; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TIME FACTORS; ZEA MAYS;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 79955634827     PISSN: 01761617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2010.12.003     Document Type: Article

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