Aluminum and Chromium Toxicity in Maize: Implications for Agronomic Attributes, Net Photosynthesis, Physio-Biochemical Oscillations, and Metal Accumulation in Different Plant Parts

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 227, Issue 9, 2016, Pages

  Anjum, Shakeel Ahmad ^a,b,c   Ashraf, Umair ^d,e   Khan, Imran ^c   Tanveer, Mohsin ^f   Saleem, Muhammad Farrukh ^c   Wang, Longchang ^a,b  

^a SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^d SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INSTITUTE   (China)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antioxidant defense; Maize; Metal toxicity; Metal uptake; Photosynthesis; Reactive oxygen species

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ANTIOXIDANTS; CARBON DIOXIDE; EFFICIENCY; ENZYMES; FORESTRY; HEAVY METALS; METALS; OXYGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANTS (BOTANY); TOXICITY;

ANTIOXIDANT DEFENSE; MAIZE; METAL TOXICITY; METAL UPTAKE; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES;

CHROMIUM;

ALUMINUM; CARBON DIOXIDE; CATALASE; CHROMIUM; GLUTATHIONE; MALONALDEHYDE; PEROXIDASE; PROLINE; PROTEIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

AGRONOMY; ALUMINUM; ANTIOXIDANT; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CHROMIUM; GROWTH RESPONSE; MAIZE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOTOXICITY; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; YIELD RESPONSE;

AGRONOMY; ANTIOXIDANT RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORN EAR; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROLYTE LEAKAGE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GAS EXCHANGE; GRAIN; HEAVY METAL POISONING; INTRINSIC WATER USE EFFICIENCY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MAIZE; MEMBRANE DAMAGE; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PHYTOTOXICITY; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STEM; PLANT WATER USE; PLANT YIELD; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84982282613     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-016-3013-x     Document Type: Article

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