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Photoprotection in Plants

Optical Screening-based Mechanisms

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Authors:
  1. Alexei Solovchenko

    1. , Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russian Federation

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  • The book summarises the current knowledge on photoprotection of plants via optical screening of solar radiation in the UV and visible parts of the spectrum by extrathylakoid pigments
  • Special attention is paid to the effects of screening pigment accumulation on plant optical properties
  • The readers find the summary of key screening pigments, their spectral properties in planta and numerous illustrated cases

Part of the book series: Springer Series in Biophysics (BIOPHYSICS, volume 14)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Optical Screening as a Photoprotective Mechanism

    • Alexei Solovchenko
    Pages 1-7

  3. Screening Pigments: General Questions

    • Alexei Solovchenko
    Pages 9-31

  4. Stress-Induced Buildup of Screening Pigments

    • Alexei Solovchenko
    Pages 33-65

  5. Localization of Screening Pigments Within Plant Cells and Tissues

    • Alexei Solovchenko
    Pages 67-88

  6. Manifestations of the Buildup of Screening Pigments in the Optical Properties of Plants

    • Alexei Solovchenko
    Pages 89-118

  7. Quantification of Screening Pigments and Their Efficiency In Situ

    • Alexei Solovchenko
    Pages 119-141

  8. Buildup of Screening Pigments and Resistance of Plants to Photodamage

    • Alexei Solovchenko
    Pages 143-163

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 165-168
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About this book

Optical screening of excessive and potentially harmful solar radiation is an important photoprotective mechanism, though it has received much less attention in comparison with other systems preventing photooxidative damage to photoautotrophic organisms. This photoprotection in the form of screening appears to be especially important for juvenile and senescing plants as well as under environmental stresses—i.e. in situations where the efficiency of enzymatic ROS elimination, DNA repair and other ‘classical’ photoprotective systems could be impaired. This book represents an attempt to develop an integral view of optical screening-based photoprotection in microalgae and higher plants. Towards this end, the key groups of pigments involved in the screening of ultraviolet and visible components of solar radiation in microalgae and higher plants, and the patterns of their accumulation and distribution within plant cells and tissues, are described. Special attention is paid to the manifestations of screening pigment accumulation in the optical spectra of plants. It is also demonstrated that understanding these effects and their relationships to screening pigments’ makeup and spectroscopy in plants provides valuable insights into the state of plants’ long-term photoacclimation, as well as ample opportunities for the non-destructive quantification of screening pigments and the assessment of the efficiency of photoprotection providing by these pigments in situ.

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“The book is well written and clearly structured in seven chapters. … This book is primarily directed at professionals and experts. … due to its textbook-like character, comprehensible style of writing and well designed figures and cartoons, the book can also provide detailed insight into the role of plant screening pigments to advanced students in plant biology.” (Matthias Gilbert, Journal of Plant Physiology, Vol. 167, 2010)

Authors and Affiliations

  • , Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russian Federation

    Alexei Solovchenko

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Photoprotection in Plants

  • Book Subtitle: Optical Screening-based Mechanisms

  • Authors: Alexei Solovchenko

  • Series Title: Springer Series in Biophysics

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-13887-4

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2010

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-13886-7Published: 05 September 2010

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-26487-0Published: 06 November 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-13887-4Published: 18 August 2010

  • Series ISSN: 0932-2353

  • Series E-ISSN: 1868-2561

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 170

  • Number of Illustrations: 62 b/w illustrations, 18 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Plant Physiology, Biological and Medical Physics, Biophysics, Plant Biochemistry

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