Growth, anatomy and enzyme activity changes in maize roots induced by treatment of seeds with low-temperature plasma

Biologia

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 490-497

  Henselová, Mária ^a   Slováková, Ľudmila ^a   Martinka, Michal ^a   Zahoranová, Anna ^a  

^a Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

catalase; dehydrogenase; maize; oxidative stress; peroxidase; root; superoxide dismutase

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84859815625     PISSN: 00063088     EISSN: 13369563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11756-012-0046-5     Document Type: Article

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