Dewir YH Author
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Agriculture Science
Plant Production Department, College of Food and Agriculture Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
Plant Production Department, College of Food and Agriculture Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia, Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, Kafrelsheikh University, Kafr El-Sheikh 33516, Egypt
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Author(s): Dewir YH
The present study reports on reactive oxygen species (ROS), antioxidant enzyme activities, electrolyte leakage and levels of abscisic acid (ABA) in healthy and phytoplasma infected (PI) tissues of Euphorbia coerulescens and Orbea gigantea. Histochemical staining for ROS indicated that PI tissues possess higher levels of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) rather than superoxide (O2 ·-) as compared with healthy tissues in both plant species. The results indicated that superoxide dismutase (SOD) is not p... view moreĀ»