Superoxide dismutase—mentor of abiotic stress tolerance in crop plants

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 22, Issue 14, 2015, Pages 10375-10394

  Gill, Sarvajeet Singh ^a   Anjum, Naser A ^b   Gill, Ritu ^a   Yadav, Sandeep ^c   Hasanuzzaman, Mirza ^d   Fujita, Masayuki ^e   Mishra, Panchanand ^f   Sabat, Surendra C ^f   Tuteja, Narendra ^c  

^a MAHARSHI DAYANAND UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^c INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY ICGEB   (India)

^d SHER E BANGLA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^e KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f INSTITUTE OF LIFE SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Abiotic stresses; Oxidative stress; Reactive oxygen species; SODgenetic engineering; Superoxide dismutase

Indexed keywords

ABIOTIC FACTOR; ANTIOXIDANT; BIOCHEMISTRY; CROP PLANT; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; INJURY; METABOLISM; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; TOLERANCE;

ANTIOXIDANT; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ADAPTATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANTIOXIDANTS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

EID: 84957791925     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-015-4532-5     Document Type: Review

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