Ascorbate-Glutathione Pathway and Stress Tolerance in Plants

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Anjum, Naser A. (Editor), Chan, Ming-Tsair (Editor), Umar, Shahid (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Biochemistry.; Plant biochemistry.; Ecology.; Plant ecology.; Plant science.; Botany.; Plant physiology.; Life Sciences.; Plant Physiology.; Plant Ecology.; Biochemistry, general.; Plant Biochemistry.; Plant Sciences.

Plants are sessile organisms that live under a constant barrage of biotic and abiotic insults. Both biotic and abiotic stress factors have been shown to affect various aspects of plant system including the acceleration in the formation of reactive oxygen species (ROS). The ascorbate (AsA)-glutathion...