Drought Stress Responses in Plants, Oxidative Stress, and Antioxidant Defense

Climate Change and Plant Abiotic Stress Tolerance

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 209-250

  Hasanuzzaman, Mirza ^a   Nahar, Kamrun ^a   Gill, Sarvajeet Singh ^b   Fujita, Masayuki ^c  

^a SHER E BANGLA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^b MAHARSHI DAYANAND UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Climate change; Drought; Oxidative stress; Plant abiotic stress; Reactive oxygen species; Water stress

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANTS; CROPS; DROUGHT; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; MOLECULAR OXYGEN; NETWORK SECURITY; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

ABIOTIC STRESS; ANTIOXIDANT DEFENSE SYSTEM; DROUGHT STRESS RESPONSE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROCESS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; WATER STRESS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 85009517480     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9783527675265.ch09     Document Type: Chapter

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