Antioxidant responses to water deficit by drought-tolerant and -sensitive sugarcane varieties

Annals of Applied Biology

Volumn 161, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 313-324

  Cia, M C ^a   Guimaraes A C R ^b   Medici, L O ^c   Chabregas, S M ^b   Azevedo, R A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Centro de Tecnologia Canavieira   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL RURAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antioxidant enzymes; lipid peroxidation; oxidative stress; sugarcane; water deficit

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANTIOXIDANT; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMARKER; DROUGHT STRESS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HIGH YIELDING VARIETY; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LIPID; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SUGAR CANE; TOLERANCE; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 84867703845     PISSN: 00034746     EISSN: 17447348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7348.2012.00575.x     Document Type: Article

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