Ascorbate and glutathione: Protectors of plants in oxidative stress

Ascorbate-Glutathione Pathway and Stress Tolerance in Plants

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 209-229

  Mahmood, Qaisar ^a   Ahmad, Raza ^a   Kwak, Sang Soo ^b   Rashid, Audil ^c   Anjum, Naser A ^d,e,f  

^a Tobe Camp University Road Abbottabad   (Pakistan)

^b Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB)   (South Korea)

^c PMAS ARID AGRICULTURE UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^e AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH CENTER   (Taiwan)

^f ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Abiotic stress; Detoxification; Oxidative stress; Reactive Oxygen species

Indexed keywords

EID: 84909998707     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-9404-9_7     Document Type: Chapter

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