Oxidative Damage to Plants: Antioxidant Networks and Signaling

With contributions that review research on this topic throughout the world, Oxidative Damage to Plants covers key areas of discovery, from the generation of reactive oxygen species (ROSs), their mechanisms, quenching of these ROSs through enzymatic and non-enzymatic antioxidants, and detailed aspects of such antioxidants as SOD and CAT.

Environmental stress is responsible for the generation of oxidative stress, which causes oxidative damage to biomolecules and hence reduces crop yield. To cope up with these problems, scientists have to fully understand the generation of reactive oxygen species, its impact on plants and how plants will be able to withstand these stresses.

Provides invaluable information about the role of antioxidants in alleviating oxidative stressExamines both the negative effects (senescence, impaired photosynthesis and necrosis) and positive effects (crucial role that superoxide plays against invading microbes) of ROS on plantsFeatures contributors from a variety of regions globally

1. Reactive Oxygen Species and Photosynthesis
   Roghieh Hajiboland
2. Reactive Oxygen Species and Plant Hormones
   Marcelo Pedrosa Gomes, Élise Smedbol, Marília Mércia Lima Carvalho Carneiro, Queila Souza Garcia and Philippe Juneau
3. Superoxide Dismutase (SOD) and Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Plants: An Overview
   Réka Szőllősi
4. Catalase: A Versatile Antioxidant in Plants
   Iti Sharma and Parvaiz Ahmad
5. Role of Glutathione in Abiotic Stress Tolerance
   Agnieszka Waśkiewicz, Olimpia Gładysz, Kinga Szentner and Piotr Goliński
6. Glutathione Metabolism in Plants under Environmental Stress
   Asiya Hameed, Iti Sharma, Ashwani Kumar, MM Azooz, Helal Ahmad Lone and Parvaiz Ahmad
7. Non-enzymatic Antioxidants in Plants
   Agnieszka Waśkiewicz, Monika Beszterda and Piotr Goliński
8. Ascorbic acid: A Potent Defender against Environmental Stresses
   Ramanpreet Kaur and Harsh Nayyar
9. Carotenoids Involved in Antioxidant System of Chloroplasts
   Dariusz Latowski, Renata Szymanska and Kazimierz Strzalka
10. Lipophilic Molecules as a Part of Antioxidant System in Plants
    Renata Szymanska, Dariusz Latowski, Beatrycze Nowicka and Kazimierz Strzalka
11. Drought Stress Induced Oxidative Damage and Antioxidants in Plants
    Parvaiz Ahmad, Sumiya Jamsheed, Asiya Hameed, Saima Rasool, Iti Sharma, MM Azooz and Mirza Hasanuzzaman
12. Antioxidant Enzymes: Defense Against High Temperature Stress
    Rohit Joshi and Vishwanathan Chinnusamy
13. Reactive Oxygen Species and Antioxidants in Response to Pathogens and Wounding
    Fakiha Afzal, Rabia Khurshid, Muhammad Ashraf and Alvina Gul Kazi
14. Role of Ascorbate Peroxidase on Postharvest Treatments in Horticultural Crop
    Yoshihiro Imahori
15. Mycorrhizal Association and ROS in Plants
    Qiang-Sheng Wu, Ying-Ning Zou and Elsayed Fathi Abd-Allah
16. Proline Protects Plants Against Abiotic Oxidative Stress: Biochemical and Molecular Mechanisms
    Mohammad Anwar Hossain, Md. Anamul Hoque, David J. Burritt and Masayuki Fujita
17. Trace Elements Tolerance Modulated by Antioxidant System in Plants
    Marcelo Pedrosa Gomes, Marília Mércia Lima de Carvalho Carneiro and Queila Souza Garcia
18. Plant Signaling Under Environmental Stress
    Mohammad Miransari
19. Hydrogen Peroxide (H2O2) Generation, Scavenging and Signaling in Plants
    Ghader Habibi
20. Role of ROS as Signaling Molecules in Plants
    Armin Saed-Moucheshi, Hassan Pakniyat, Hadi Pirasteh-Anosheh and MM Azooz