Abiotic stress tolerance in plants: Myriad roles of ascorbate peroxidase

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 8, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Pandey, Saurabh ^a,b   Fartyal, Dhirendra ^a   Agarwal, Aakrati ^a,c   Shukla, Tushita ^d   James, Donald ^a   Kaul, Tanushri ^a   Negi, Yogesh K ^e   Arora, Sandeep ^f   Reddy, Malireddy K ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Italy)

^b UTTARAKHAND TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^d INDIAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^e Uttarakhand University of Horticul ture and Forestry   (India)

^f G B PANT UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Abiotic stress; Antioxidant; APX; ASC GSH pathway; ROS

Indexed keywords

EID: 85018592263     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2017.00581     Document Type: Review

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