Making the life of heavy metal-stressed plants a little easier

2005 | journal article. A publication with affiliation to the University of Göttingen.

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​Gratão PL, Polle A, Lea PJ, Azevedo RA. ​Making the life of heavy metal-stressed plants a little easier​. ​​Functional Plant Biology. ​2005;​32​(6):​​481​-494​. ​doi:10.1071/fp05016. 

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Authors
Gratão, Priscila L.; Polle, Andrea ; Lea, Peter J.; Azevedo, Ricardo A.
Abstract
The contamination of soils and water with metals has created a major environmental problem, leading to considerable losses in plant productivity and hazardous health effects. Exposure to toxic metals can intensify the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS), which are continuously produced in both unstressed and stressed plants cells. Some of the ROS species are highly toxic and must be detoxified by cellular stress responses, if the plant is to survive and grow. The aim of this review is to assess the mode of action and role of antioxidants in protecting plants from stress caused by the presence of heavy metals in the environment.
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2005
Journal
Functional Plant Biology 
Organization
Fakultät für Forstwissenschaften und Waldökologie ; Büsgen-Institut ; Abteilung Forstbotanik und Baumphysiologie 
ISSN
1445-4408
Language
English

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