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Functional Role of Nitric Oxide Under Abiotic Stress Conditions

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Nitric Oxide Action in Abiotic Stress Responses in Plants

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Nitric oxide (NO), a free radical in living organisms, is considered a phytohormone and a key signalling molecule functioning in various physiological processes of plants. These physiological processes include germination, growth, senescence, and photosynthesis as well as response mechanisms to specific environmental stresses. Plants under abiotic stress conditions experience oxidative and nitrosative stress ; the latter mainly elicited by regulation of NO production. Nitrosative stress describes the molecular or cellular damage promoted by imbalance in NO homeostasis and other reactive nitrogen species . Additionally, depending on its concentration and location in plant cells or tissues, NO might function as an antioxidant and scavenge some other reactive intermediates. Direct or indirect involvement of NO in response mechanisms under water stress, drought, salinity, heavy metal stress, high or low temperature extremities, and ultraviolet radiation has been reported. In this work, the recent findings and current knowledge on the function of NO in plants under abiotic stress conditions are reviewed briefly.

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  1. Agronomy Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, 32611, Florida, USA

    Mehmet Tufan Oz

  2. Faculty of Education, Baskent University, Ankara, 06810, Turkey

    Fusun Eyidogan

  3. Department of Biological Sciences, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, 06800, Turkey

    Meral Yucel

  4. Konya Food and Agriculture University, Konya, 42080, Turkey

    Hüseyin Avni Öktem

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Oz, M.T., Eyidogan, F., Yucel, M., Öktem, H.A. (2015). Functional Role of Nitric Oxide Under Abiotic Stress Conditions. In: Khan, M., Mobin, M., Mohammad, F., Corpas, F. (eds) Nitric Oxide Action in Abiotic Stress Responses in Plants. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-17804-2_2

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