Melatonin increased maize (Zea mays L.) seedling drought tolerance by alleviating drought-induced photosynthetic inhibition and oxidative damage

Acta Physiologiae Plantarum

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 1-13

  Ye, Jun ^a   Wang, Shiwen ^a,b   Deng, Xiping ^a,b   Yin, Lina ^a,b   Xiong, Binglin ^a   Wang, Xinyue ^a  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Drought tolerance; Melatonin; Oxidative damage; Photosynthesis; Water status

Indexed keywords

EID: 84961319462     PISSN: 01375881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11738-015-2045-y     Document Type: Article

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