Role of redox homeostasis in thermo-tolerance under a climate change scenario

Annals of Botany

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 487-496

  De Pinto, Maria Concetta ^a   Locato, Vittoria ^b   Paradiso, Annalisa ^a   De Gara, Laura ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; biodiversity; climate change; heat stress; reactive oxygen species; redox homeostasis; ROS; thermo tolerance

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CROP YIELD; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENOTYPE; HEAT SHOCK; HOMEOSTASIS; METABOLISM; METABOLITE; OXYGEN; REDOX CONDITIONS; SCAVENGING (CHEMISTRY); TEMPERATURE TOLERANCE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CROP; HEAT; HOMEOSTASIS; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PLANT;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; HOMEOSTASIS; HOT TEMPERATURE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PLANTS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84942244104     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcv071     Document Type: Article

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