Functions and toxicity of cadmium in plants: Recent advances and future prospects

Turkish Journal of Botany

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-13

  Tran, Tuan Anh ^a   Popova, Losanka Petrova ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Cadmium hyperaccumulation; Growth; Mineral nutrition; Oxidative stress; Photosynthesis; Stress proteins

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; GROWTH; HYPERACCUMULATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT; TOXICITY;

EID: 84871889521     PISSN: 1300008X     EISSN: 13036106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3906/bot-1112-16     Document Type: Review

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