Proline and glycine betaine modulate cadmium-induced oxidative stress tolerance in plants: Possible biochemical and molecular mechanisms

Plant-Environment Interaction: Responses and Approaches to Mitigate Stress

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 97-123

  Hossain, Mohammad Anwar ^a   Burritt, David J ^b   Fujita, Masayuki ^c  

^a BANGLADESH AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antioxidant defence; Cadmium stress; Osmoprotectants; ROS; Tolerance mechanisms

Indexed keywords

EID: 85010804592     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781119081005.ch6     Document Type: Chapter

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