Silicon alleviates cadmium toxicity by enhanced photosynthetic rate and modified bundle sheath's cell chloroplasts ultrastructure in maize

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 120, Issue , 2015, Pages 66-73

  Vaculík, Marek ^a   Pavlovič, Andrej ^a,b   Lux, Alexander ^a  

^a Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

^b PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

C4 plant anatomy and physiology; Cadmium (Cd); Chlorophyll a fluorescence; Chloroplast ultrastructure; Photosynthesis; Silicon (Si)

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CHLOROPHYLL A; PIGMENT; SILICON; CHLOROPHYLL; CHLOROPHYLL A'; PHOTOSYSTEM II;

C4 PLANT; CADMIUM; CHLOROPLAST; ECOTOXICOLOGY; GROWTH RESPONSE; MAIZE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SILICON; TOXICITY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ABIOTIC STRESS; ARTICLE; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; BIOTIC STRESS; BRIGHT FIELD MICROSCOPY; BUNDLE SHEATH CELL; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CHLOROPLAST; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; FLUORESCENCE; LEAF TISSUE; MAIZE; MEASUREMENT; MESOPHYLL CELL; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYNTHETIC RATE; PHOTOSYSTEM II; PHYTOTOXICITY; PLANT CELL; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT STRESS; QUANTUM YIELD; THYLAKOID; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; PLANT LEAF; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ZEA MAYS;

CADMIUM; CHLOROPHYLL; CHLOROPLASTS; FLUORESCENCE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYSTEM II PROTEIN COMPLEX; PLANT LEAVES; SILICON; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84930679382     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2015.05.026     Document Type: Article

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