Oxidative Stress in Plants: Causes, Consequences and Tolerance

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Oxidative stress is a central factor in a number of biotic and abiotic stress phenomena that occurs when there is a serious imbalance in any plant cell compartment between the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and antioxidant defense, leading to physiological and metabolic changes. The presence of high concentration of ROS in cells causes oxidative damage to photosynthetic functions and vital bio-molecules, and disrupt cellular metabolism. Thus, it is important for plant cells to have tight control on the concentration of ROS. Plants possess to a variable extent antioxidant metabolites, enzymes and non-enzymes that have the ability to detoxify ROS thus, to protect the photosynthetic- and cellular functions against ROS-caused oxidative stress and to maintain optimum growth, development and productivity under changing environment. The current volume mainly elucidates major recent advances through physiological and molecular studies on the aspects of the causes, consequences of oxidative stress and also discusses and suggests potential strategies for enhancing tolerance to oxidative stress in detail in the light of recent advances in molecular biology.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Altaf Ahmad

A. Ahmad did his M.A. in history from Jammu University and did his Ph.D. from Punjab university Chandigarh. He has visited many Muslim countries and got a scholarship for a study in Egypt. Dr. Ahmad has taught for some time in American Universities also. He is an authority on Islam.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Naser A. Anjum

NASER A. ANJUM Post-Doctoral Scientist at Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies (CESAM) & Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal. Dr. Anjum was awarded PhD (Botany) by Hamdard University, New Delhi, India. Dr. Anjum s research works are concerned with Molecular Plant Stress Physiology emphasizing the significance of plant mineral nutrients in abiotic stress tolerance. He has to his credit significant research publications. Dr. Anjum worked as Fellow and Associate of University Grants Commission and Council of Scientific & Industrial Research, Govt. of India, New Delhi, India and Agricultural Biotechnology Research Center (ABRC), Academia Sinica, Taiwan. He has been awarded the UGC-Dr. DS Kothari-Fellow in the year 2009 by UGC-MHRD, Govt. India and has also been Internationally Recognized as one of The World s Foremost Achievers in his Field and been included in the 2009 Edition of Marquis Who s Who in the World, USA.

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Title
Oxidative Stress in Plants: Causes, Consequences and Tolerance
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Edition
1st. ed.
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ISBN
9789381141021
Length
xxii+522p., Illustrations; 25cm.
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