Ascorbate-Glutathione Pathway and Stress Tolerance in Plants (eBook)

Ascorbate-Glutathione Pathway and StressTolerance in Plants 4
Foreword 8
Preface 10
Contents 12
Chapter 1: Regulatory Role of Components of Ascorbate–Glutathione Pathway in Plant Stress Tolerance 20
Chapter 2: Ascorbate and Glutathione in Organogenesis, Regeneration and Differentiation in Plant In vitro Cultures 73
Chapter 3: Role of Ascorbate Peroxidase and Glutathione Reductase in Ascorbate–Glutathione Cycle and Stress Tolerance in Plants 109
Chapter 4: The Ascorbate–Gluathione Cycle and Related Redox Signals in Plant–Pathogen Interactions 132
Chapter 5: Regulation of the Ascorbate–Glutathione Cycle in Plants Under Drought Stress 154
Chapter 6: Glutathione and Herbicide Resistance in Plants 207
Chapter 7: Ascorbate and Glutathione: Protectors of Plants in Oxidative Stress 224
Chapter 8: Changes in the Glutathione and Ascorbate Redox State Trigger Growth During Embryo Development and Meristem Reactivationat Germination 245
Chapter 9: A Winning Two Pair: Role of the Redox Pairs AsA/DHA and GSH/GSSG in Signal Transduction 264
Chapter 10: Involvement of AsA/DHA and GSH/GSSG Ratios in Gene and Protein Expression and in the Activation of Defence MechanismsUnder Abiotic Stress Conditions 277
Chapter 11: Ascorbate–Glutathione Cycle: Enzymatic and Non-enzymatic Integrated Mechanisms and Its Biomolecular Regulation 315
Chapter 12: Coordinate Role of Ascorbate–Glutathione in Response to Abiotic Stresses 335
Chapter 13: Regulation of Genes Encoding Chloroplast Antioxidant Enzymes in Comparison to Regulation of the Extra-plastidic Antioxidant Defense System 349
Chapter 14: The Peroxisomal Ascorbate–Glutathione Pathway: Molecular Identification and Insights into Its Essential Role EnvironmentalStress Conditions 399
Chapter 15: Identification of Potential Gene Targets for the Improvement of Ascorbate Contents of Genetically Modified Plants 417
Index 441