Generation and Scavenging of Reactive Oxygen Species in Plants under Stress

Improving Crop Resistance to Abiotic Stress

Volumn 1, Issue , 2012, Pages 49-70

  Gill, Sarvajeet Singh ^a,b,c   Singh, Lamabam Peter ^a   Tuteja, Narendra ^a,b   Gill, Ritu ^c  

^a ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Italy)

^c MAHARSHI DAYANAND UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Abiotic stress; Antioxidants; Reactive oxygen species; ROS production; ROS scavenging; Stress tolerance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877602163     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9783527632930.ch3     Document Type: Chapter

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