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Attenuation of Reactive Oxygen Production During Chilling in ABA-Treated Maize Cultured Cells

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Plant Cold Hardiness

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Plants encounter a wide range of environmental stresses, such as low/high temperatures, high light, drought and high salinity, during a typical life cycle. A key sign of plant stress at a molecular level is the increased production of reactive oxygen species (ROS), which result from an imbalance in the accumulation and removal of ROS during aerobic metabolism. In plants, mitochondria and chloroplasts are considered as two major sites of ROS production. Despite the role of ROS as a phytotoxin at high concentrations, recent evidence suggests that relatively low levels of ROS can serve as a signaling for plant stress acclimation (Bowler and Fluhr, 2000; Dat et al., 2000). This novel finding indicates that ROS are not simply toxic by-products of metabolism but also function as signaling molecules. Therefore, the control of ROS levels in plants during their responses to external stimuli is extremely important, because it may decide whether plants become adapted to stress or are injured by insults.

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Chen, WP., Paul, H.L. (2002). Attenuation of Reactive Oxygen Production During Chilling in ABA-Treated Maize Cultured Cells. In: Li, P.H., Palva, E.T. (eds) Plant Cold Hardiness. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0711-6_16

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