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Ascorbate-Glutathione Pathway and Stress Tolerance in Plants

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Editors:
  1. Naser A. Anjum

    1. Biotechnology Center in Southern Taiwan, Academia Sinica, Sinshih, Tainan, Taiwan R.O.C.

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  2. Ming-Tsair Chan

    1. Biotechnology Center in Southern Taiwan, Academia Sinica, Sinshih, Tainan, Taiwan R.O.C.

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  3. Shahid Umar

    1. Dept. Botany, Hamdard University, New Delhi, India

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  • Discusses significant strategies for averting stress-induced oxidative damage and for improving stress tolerance in plants Includes numerous relevant illustrations/figures to help understand the response of components of As.
  • A-GSH pathway under the changing environment Includes information gained through cross-talks and inter-relationship studies
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Regulatory Role of Components of Ascorbate–Glutathione Pathway in Plant Stress Tolerance

    • Dariusz Latowski, Ewa Surówka, Kazimierz StrzaÅ‚ka
    Pages 1-53

  3. Ascorbate and Glutathione in Organogenesis, Regeneration and Differentiation in Plant In vitro Cultures

    • JarosÅ‚aw Tyburski, Andrzej Tretyn
    Pages 55-90

  4. Role of Ascorbate Peroxidase and Glutathione Reductase in Ascorbate–Glutathione Cycle and Stress Tolerance in Plants

    • Cai-Hong Pang, Bao-Shan Wang
    Pages 91-113

  5. The Ascorbate–Gluathione Cycle and Related Redox Signals in Plant–Pathogen Interactions

    • Elżbieta Kuźniak
    Pages 115-136

  6. Regulation of the Ascorbate–Glutathione Cycle in Plants Under Drought Stress

    • Adriano Sofo, Nunzia Cicco, Margherita Paraggio, Antonio Scopa
    Pages 137-189

  7. Glutathione and Herbicide Resistance in Plants

    • Zornitsa Ivanova Katerova, Lyuba Petar-Emil Miteva
    Pages 191-207

  8. Ascorbate and Glutathione: Protectors of Plants in Oxidative Stress

    • Qaisar Mahmood, Raza Ahmad, Sang-Soo Kwak, Audil Rashid, Naser A. Anjum
    Pages 209-229

  9. Changes in the Glutathione and Ascorbate Redox State Trigger Growth During Embryo Development and Meristem Reactivation at Germination

    • Claudio Stasolla
    Pages 231-249

  10. A Winning Two Pair: Role of the Redox Pairs AsA/DHA and GSH/GSSG in Signal Transduction

    • Günce Åžahin, Mario C. De Tullio
    Pages 251-263

  11. Involvement of AsA/DHA and GSH/GSSG Ratios in Gene and Protein Expression and in the Activation of Defence Mechanisms Under Abiotic Stress Conditions

    • Vasileios Fotopoulos, Vasileios Ziogas, Georgia Tanou, Athanassios Molassiotis
    Pages 265-302

  12. Ascorbate–Glutathione Cycle: Enzymatic and Non-enzymatic Integrated Mechanisms and Its Biomolecular Regulation

    • Juan Pablo Martínez, Héctor Araya
    Pages 303-322

  13. Coordinate Role of Ascorbate–Glutathione in Response to Abiotic Stresses

    • Imran Haider Shamsi, Sisi Jiang, Nazim Hussain, Xianyong Lin, Lixi Jiang
    Pages 323-336

  14. Regulation of Genes Encoding Chloroplast Antioxidant Enzymes in Comparison to Regulation of the Extra-plastidic Antioxidant Defense System

    • Margarete Baier, Nicola T. Pitsch, Marina Mellenthin, Wei Guo
    Pages 337-386

  15. The Peroxisomal Ascorbate–Glutathione Pathway: Molecular Identification and Insights into Its Essential Role Under Environmental Stress Conditions

    • Sigrun Reumann, Francisco J. Corpas
    Pages 387-404

  16. Identification of Potential Gene Targets for the Improvement of Ascorbate Contents of Genetically Modified Plants

    • Adebanjo A. Badejo, Muneharu Esaka
    Pages 405-428

  17. Back Matter

    Pages 429-443
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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)-glutathione (GSH) pathway is a key part of the network of reactions involving enzymes and metabolites with redox properties for the detoxification of ROS, and thus to avert the ROS-accrued oxidative damage in plants. The present book mainly deals with the information gained through the cross-talks and inter-relationship studies on the physiological, biochemical and molecular aspects of the cumulative response of various components of AsA-GSH pathway to stress factors and their significance in plant stress tolerance.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Biotechnology Center in Southern Taiwan, Academia Sinica, Sinshih, Tainan, Taiwan R.O.C.

    Naser A. Anjum, Ming-Tsair Chan

  • Dept. Botany, Hamdard University, New Delhi, India

    Shahid Umar

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