Salt stress, signalling and redox control in seeds

Functional Plant Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 848-859

  Kranner, Ilse ^a   Seal, Charlotte E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

antioxidants; glycophyte; halophyte; reactive oxygen species; salt; sea water; seed; signalling; sodium; stress

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; DISPERSAL; ELECTRON; HALOPHYTE; IMBIBITION; METABOLISM; OXYGEN; REDOX CONDITIONS; SALINITY TOLERANCE; SEAWATER; SEED; SIGNAL; SODIUM;

EID: 84881458881     PISSN: 14454408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/FP13017     Document Type: Conference Paper

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