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Initiation and Development of Chilling Injury in Leaves of Chilling-Sensitive Plants

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Based on author’s own and literature data, possible mechanisms of initiation, development, and reparation of cell damages in chilling-sensitive plants during and after chilling are reviewed. A conception of initiation and development of chilling injury, based on a key role of oxidative stress, is put forward. Possible mechanisms of structural and functional changes in cells of chilling-sensitive plants subjected to chilling stress are discussed.

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Abbreviations

[Ca2+]cyt :

concentration of free cytosolic calcium

ROS:

reactive oxygen species

SOD:

superoxide dismutase

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Translated from Fiziologiya Rastenii, Vol. 52, No. 4, 2005, pp. 608–613.

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Lukatkin, A.S. Initiation and Development of Chilling Injury in Leaves of Chilling-Sensitive Plants. Russ J Plant Physiol 52, 542–546 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11183-005-0080-z

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