Reduction in germination rate and elevation of peroxidase activity in <em>Zea mays>/em> seedlings due to exposure to different microcystin analogues and toxic cell free cyanobacterial crude extract
Agricultural crop plants may come into contact with cyanobacterial toxins via spray irrigation with water contaminated with cyanobacteria/cyanobacterial toxins. Many of the bloom forming cyanobacteria are known to produce toxins amongst those the group of the microcystins, cyclic heptapeptides are t...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Julius Kühn-Institut
2012-11-01
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| Series: | Journal of Applied Botany and Food Quality |
| Online Access: | https://ojs.openagrar.de/index.php/JABFQ/article/view/2110 |