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Modulation of exogenous glutathione in antioxidant defense system against Cd stress in the two barley genotypes differing in Cd tolerance.
Plant physiology and biochemistry : PPB - 1 Aug 2010
Chen Fei, Wang Fang, Wu Feibo, Mao Weihua, Zhang Guoping, Zhou Meixue
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Soil cadmium (Cd) contamination has posed a serious problem for safe food production and become a potential agricultural and environmental hazard worldwide. Greenhouse hydroponic experiments were conducted to investigate the modulation of exogenous GSH (reduced glutathione) in antioxidant defense system against the Cd-induced toxicity in plants exposed to 5 muM Cd using two barley genotypes differing in Cd...
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