Alleviation of cadmium toxicity by silicon is related to elevated photosynthesis, antioxidant enzymes; suppressed cadmium uptake and oxidative stress in cotton

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 96, Issue , 2013, Pages 242-249

  Farooq, Muhammad Ahsan ^a   Ali, Shafaqat ^a   Hameed, Amjad ^b   Ishaque, Wajid ^b   Mahmood, Khalid ^b   Iqbal, Zafar ^b  

^a GOVERNMENT COLLEGE UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b NUCLEAR INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURE AND BIOLOGY NIAB   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Antioxidant enzymes; Cadmium; Cotton; Growth; Oxidative stress; Silicon

Indexed keywords

ASCORBATE PEROXIDASE; CADMIUM; CAROTENOID; CATALASE; CHLOROPHYLL; GUAIACOL PEROXIDASE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MALONALDEHYDE; SILICON; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANTIOXIDANT; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CADMIUM; COTTON; ENZYME; GROWTH RESPONSE; OXIDATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SILICON; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COTTON; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROLYTE TRANSPORT; ELECTROLYTIC LEAKAGE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GAS EXCHANGE; HYDROPONICS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHOTOSYNTHETIC RATE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PHYTOTOXICITY; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STRESS; PLANT WATER USE; POLLUTANT; PROTEIN CONTENT; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE;

ANTIOXIDANT ENZYMES; CADMIUM; COTTON; GROWTH; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SILICON;

CADMIUM; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GOSSYPIUM; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT ROOTS; SILICON; TRACE ELEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 84884288129     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2013.07.006     Document Type: Article

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