Oxidative Damage to Plants

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 stress
• Examines both the negative effects (senescence, impaired photosynthesis and necrosis) and positive effects (crucial role that superoxide plays against invading microbes) of ROS on plants
• Features contributors from a variety of regions globally

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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 Szollosi*
4. Catalase: A Versatile Antioxidant in Plants
   *Iti Sharma and Parvaiz Ahmad*
5. Role of Glutathione in Abiotic Stress Tolerance
   *Agnieszka Waskiewicz, Olimpia Gladysz, Kinga Szentner and Piotr Golinski*
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 Waskiewicz, Monika Beszterda and Piotr Golinski*
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*