The plant hormone ABA (abscisic acid) plays an extremely important role in plant growth
and adaptive stress, including but are not limited to seed germination, stomatal closure …

Background Oxidation-reduction and acid–base reactions are essential for the maintenance
of all living organisms. However, redox potential (Eh) has received little attention in …

The plant glutathione peroxidase (GPX) family consists of multiple isoenzymes with distinct
subcellular locations which exhibit different tissue-specific expression patterns and …

▪ Abstract To cope with environmental fluctuations and to prevent invasion by pathogens,
plant metabolism must be flexible and dynamic. Active oxygen species, whose formation is …

Oxidative stress is induced by a wide range of environmental factors including UV stress,
pathogen invasion (hypersensitive reaction), herbicide action and oxygen shortage. Oxygen …

The paper summarizes present knowledge in the field of higher plant responses to
cadmium, an important environmental pollutant. The principal mechanisms reviewed here …

Humans are unable to synthesise l‐ascorbic acid (L‐AA, ascorbate, vitamin C), and are thus
entirely dependent upon dietary sources to meet needs. In both plant and animal …

Many plants accumulate organic osmolytes in response to the imposition of environmental
stresses that cause cellular dehydration. Although an adaptive role for these compounds in …

When seedlings of two rice (Oryza sativa L.) cultivars were raised in sand cultures under 500
and 1000 μM Pb (NO3) 2 in the medium, lengths as well as weights of roots and shoots …

Bacteria belonging to the genera Rhizobium, Mesorhizobium, Sinorhizobium,
Bradyrhizobium, and Azorhizobium (collectively referred to as rhizobia) grow in the soil as …