Overview
- Exciting new research is unveiling a central role of chloroplast processes that are simultaneously involved in both protection and signaling
- Provides a guide to future research into resolving current controversies and integrating the understanding of cellular signaling networks
- Discusses the full continuum of processes from protection by defense mechanisms to cell death and senescence
- Brief historical perspectives are provided by pioneers in the field
Part of the book series: Advances in Photosynthesis and Respiration (AIPH, volume 21)
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About this book
Photoprotection, Photoinhibition, Gene Regulation, and Environment examines the processes whereby plants monitor environmental conditions and orchestrate their response to change, an ability paramount to the life of all plants. “Excess light”, absorbed by the light-harvesting systems of photosynthetic organisms, is an integrative indicator of the environment, communicating the presence of intense light and any conditions unfavorable for growth and photosynthesis. Key plant responses are photoprotection and photoinhibition. In this volume, the dual role of photoprotective responses in the preservation of leaf integrity and in redox signaling networks modulating stress acclimation, growth, and development is addressed. In addition, the still unresolved impact of photoinhibition on plant survival and productivity is discussed. Specific topics include dissipation of excess energy via thermal and other pathways, scavenging of reactive oxygen by antioxidants, proteins key to photoprotection and photoinhibition, peroxidation of lipids, as well as signaling by reactive oxygen, lipid-derived messengers, and other messengers that modulate gene expression. Approaches include biochemical, physiological, genetic, molecular, and field studies, addressing intense visible and ultraviolet light, winter conditions, nutrient deficiency, drought, and salinity.
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Photoprotection, Photoinhibition, Gene Regulation, and Environment
Editors: Barbara Demmig-Adams, William W. Adams, Autar K. Mattoo
Series Title: Advances in Photosynthesis and Respiration
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3579-9
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2006
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-3564-7Published: 05 April 2006
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-9281-7Published: 28 November 2008
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-3579-1Published: 19 July 2006
Series ISSN: 1572-0233
Series E-ISSN: 2215-0102
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXI, 382
Topics: Biochemistry, general, Plant Sciences, Plant Ecology, Plant Biochemistry, Plant Physiology, Cell Biology