Drought tolerance in a Saharian plant Oudneya africana: Role of antioxidant defences

Environmental and Experimental Botany

Volumn 111, Issue , 2015, Pages 114-126

  Talbi, Sihem ^a   Romero Puertas, María C ^b   Hernández, Alexander ^b   Terrón, Laura ^b   Ferchichi, Ali ^a   Sandalio, Luisa M ^b  

^a Arid Land Institute   (Tunisia)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Drought stress; Hydrogen peroxide; Nitric oxide; Oudneya africana; Oxidative stress; Peroxidases

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CLIMATE CHANGE; DICOTYLEDON; DROUGHT STRESS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; SURVIVAL;

EID: 84911371804     PISSN: 00988472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2014.11.004     Document Type: Review

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