Photoprotection in Plants Optical Screening-based Mechanisms /

• Main Author: Solovchenko, Alexei (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Edition: First.
• Series: Springer Series in Biophysics, 14
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Plant biochemistry.; Plant physiology.; Biophysics.; Biological physics.; Life Sciences.; Plant Physiology.; Biophysics and Biological Physics.; Plant Biochemistry.

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...

Table of Contents:

• Optical Screening as a Photoprotective Mechanism
• Screening Pigments: General Questions
• Stress-Induced Buildup of Screening Pigments
• Localization of Screening Pigments Within Plant Cells and Tissues
• Manifestations of the Buildup of Screening Pigments in the Optical Properties of Plants
• Quantification of Screening Pigments and Their Efficiency In Situ
• Buildup of Screening Pigments and Resistance of Plants to Photodamage.