Drought stress induced reactive oxygen species and anti-oxidants in plants

Abiotic Stress Responses in Plants: Metabolism, Productivity and Sustainability

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 131-147

  Impa, S M ^a   Nadaradjan, S ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Philippines)

^b Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru College of Agriculture & Research Institute   (India)

Author keywords

Drought stress; Production; Reactive oxygen species; Scavenging; Signalling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84955398597     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/9781461406341_7     Document Type: Chapter

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