Oxidative stress in plants
Auteur :
Inze, Dirk / Van Montagu, Marc
Éditeur :
Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN :
9780415272148
Date de publication :
18 oct. 2001
Dimensions :
25,4 x 17,8 cm
Poids :
816 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Plants depend on physiological mechanisms to combat adverse environmental conditions, such as pathogen attack, wounding, drought, cold, freezing, salt, UV, intense light, heavy metals and SO2. Many of these cause excess production of active oxygen species in plant cells. Plants have evolved complex defense systems against such oxidative stress, and