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Modulation of brassica rapa L. antioxidant activities by exogenous methylglyoxal under zirconium stress
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)
With a decrease in water availability and arable land, and the ever-increasing reports of toxic chemical pollutants, it is crucial to elucidate plants’ mechanisms of adaptability to these abiotic stressors. South Africa ...
Potamanautes warreni biomarker assays to monitor silver nanomaterial contaminants in aquatic environments
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)
There has been extensive growth in nanoscale technology in the last few decades to such a degree that nanomaterials (NMs) have become a constituent in a wide range of manufactured commercial and domestic products. This ...
The effects of high temperature stress on the enzymatic antioxidant system in Zea mays
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)
High temperature stress is synonymous with the attenuation of plant growth, metabolism and eventually death resulting in major loss of crop productivity worldwide. Part of the metabolic perturbations associated with heat ...