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The activity of iron-prophyrin enzymes, catalase and peroxidase in comparable young green, chlorotic and Fe-EDTA sprayed chlorotric leaves of ten plant taxa growing under field conditions was studied. Evidence is presented suggesting that during recovery from iron stress, iron requirement of catalase is met in preference to peroxidase. Iron chlorosis, though always accompanied by depressed catalase, was not always associated with a high peroxidase/catalase ratio.
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Agarwala, S.C., Mehrotra, N.K. Catalase and peroxidase in leaves of iron deficient plants. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. 86, 55–60 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03050898
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