Plant Physiology 61:119-121 (1978)
© 1978 American Society of Plant Biologists
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Seasonal Variation of Glutathione and Glutathione Reductase in Needles of Picea abies 1
Hermann Esterbauer and
Dieter Grill
Department of Biochemistry and Department of Anatomy and Physiology of Plants, University of Graz, A-8010 Graz, Austria
In spruce (Picea abies) needles glutathione and glutathione reductase show a periodic seasonal variation with significantly increased levels during the winter. It is proposed that glutathione and glutathione reductase play an important role for the winter hardiness of leaves from evergreen plants.
1 The work was supported by "Fonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung," Vienna, Austria.
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