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Oxidative Stress and Salt Tolerance in Plants

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Salt stress can induce ionic stress and osmotic stress in plant cells. A direct result of these primary effects is the enhanced accumulation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) that are harmful to plant cells at high concentrations. To cope with the oxidative stress resulting from the ROS, higher plants have developed a complex scavenging system including enzymatic and non-enzymatic (antioxidants) system. In plant cells, specific ROS producing and scavenging systems are found in different organelles such as chloroplasts, mitochondria, and peroxisomes; and the ROS-scavenging pathways from different cellular compartments are coordinated. Relatively low levels of ROS can be used for signaling molecules to control abiotic stress responses. Coordinated work of ROS-scavenging pathways from different cellular compartments in modulating the level of ROS in cells preventing cellular damage and controlling ROS signaling may play a key role in plant salt tolerance. Here we attempt to summarize the recent researches on ROS and the mechanism of salt tolerance of plants under salt stress, and we also propose some perspectives involved in ROS and plant salt tolerances in the future.

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Pang, CH., Wang, BS. (2008). Oxidative Stress and Salt Tolerance in Plants. In: Lüttge, U., Beyschlag, W., Murata, J. (eds) Progress in Botany. Progress in Botany, vol 69. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-72954-9_9

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