Oxidative Stress in Plants - Hardcover

Inze, Dirk; Van Montagu, Marc

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0415272149 ISBN 13: 9780415272148

Publisher: CRC Press, 2001

Synopsis

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. The study of these mechanisms has become a fast-moving, important field to many biologists. Written and edited by world-leading scientists, Oxidative Stress in Plants explores the current knowledge of the mechanisms by which various biotic and abiotic environmental stress conditions produce oxygen radicals. The text considers the biochemistry and molecular biology of both non-enzymatic (vitamin C, glutathione) and enzymatic systems which eliminate active oxygen species. In addition, the book discusses evidence that active oxygen species and antioxidants act as signals which trigger defense reactions.

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Inze, Dirk | Van Montagu, Marc

Edition details

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415272149
• ISBN 13: 9780415272148
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 336