Oxidative Stress in Plants

Plants depend on physiological mechanisms to combat adverse environmental conditions, such as pathogen attack, wounding, drought, cold, freezing, salt, UV, intense light, heavy metals and SO2. Many of these cause excess production of active oxygen species in plant cells. Plants have evolved complex defense systems against such oxidative stress, and

Autorentext

Inze, Dirk | Van Montagu, Marc

Inhalt

Oxidative Stress: an Introduction. The Contribution of Oxygen Metabolism in Photosynthesis to Oxidative Stress in Plants. Low-temperature Stress and Antioxidant Defense Mechanisms in Higher Plants. Oxidative Stress and Defense Reactions in Plants Exposed to Air Pollutants and UV-B Radiation. Oxidative Burst and the Role of Reactive Oxygen Species in Plant-Pathogen Interactions. Photosensitizing Tetrapyrroles Induce Antioxidative and Pathogen Defense Responses in Plants. Metals Ion-activated Oxidative Stress and Its Control. Engineering Stress Tolerance in Maize. Early Events in Environmental Stresses in Plants - Induction Mechanisms of Oxidative Stress. The Molecular Biology of the Ascorbate-Glutahione Cycle in Higher Plants. Ascorbate Metabolism and Stress. Glutathione Biosynthesis in Plants.