Overview
- This edited volume concentrates the latest research on the role of Reactive Oxygen Species in plant stress physiology
- Special attention is given to the metabolism of Reactive Oxygen Species
- The topic of this book is particularly relevant to scientists interested in plant biotechnology
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Front Matter
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About this book
This book provides detailed and comprehensive information on oxidative damage caused by stresses in plants with especial reference to the metabolism of reactive oxygen species (ROS).
In plants, as in all aerobic organisms, ROS are common by-products formed by the inevitable leakage of electrons onto O2 from the electron transport activities located in chloroplasts, mitochondria, peroxisomes and in plasma membranes or as a consequence of various metabolic pathways confined in different cellular loci. Environmental stresses such as heat, cold, drought, salinity, heavy-metal toxicity, ozone and ultraviolet radiation as well as pathogens/contagion attack lead to enhanced generation of ROS in plants due to disruption of cellular homeostasis. ROS play a dual role in plants; at low concentrations they act as signaling molecules that facilitate several responses in plant cells, including those promoted by biotic and abiotic agents. In divergence, at high levels they cause damage to cellular constituents triggering oxidative stress. In either case, small antioxidant molecules and enzymes modulate the action of these ambivalent species.
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Reactive Oxygen Species and Oxidative Damage in Plants Under Stress
Editors: Dharmendra K. Gupta, José M. Palma, Francisco J. Corpas
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20421-5
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-20420-8Published: 15 September 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-37297-6Published: 22 October 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-20421-5Published: 07 September 2015
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 370
Number of Illustrations: 7 b/w illustrations, 23 illustrations in colour
Topics: Plant Physiology, Plant Biochemistry, Oxidative Stress, Plant Breeding/Biotechnology