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Melatonin-rich transgenic rice plants exhibit resistance to herbicide-induced oxidative stress.
Journal of pineal research - 1 Apr 2013
Park Sangkyu, Lee Da-Eun, Jang Hyunki, Byeon Yeong, Kim Young-Soon, Back Kyoungwhan
Abstract excerpt
To examine whether melatonin-rich plants can defend against oxidative stress, we subjected melatonin-rich transgenic (MRT) rice plants to the singlet-oxygen-generating herbicide butafenacil. Both MRT and transgenic control (TC; expressing the vector only) rice seeds germinated and grew equally we...
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