Originally conceived as harmful metabolic byproducts, reactive oxygen species (ROS) are
now recognized as an integral part of numerous cellular programs. Thanks to their diverse …

Reactive oxygen species (ROS) have multifaceted roles in the orchestration of plant gene
expression and gene-product regulation. Cellular redox homeostasis is considered to be an …

Melatonin acts as a crucial signaling and antioxidant molecule with multiple physiological
functions in organisms. To explore effects of exogenous melatonin on postharvest browning …

While the chemical nature of reactive oxygen species (ROS) dictates that they are potentially
harmful to cells, recent genetic evidence suggests that in planta purely physicochemical …

Since the publication of the third edition of the Handbook of Plant and Crop Stress,
continuous discoveries in the fields of plant and crop environmental stresses and their …

Soil salinity is a major environmental constraint to crop productivity worldwide. The
“biological” approach to this problem focuses on the management, exploitation, or …

Background Cysteine and methionine are the two sulfur containing amino acids in proteins.
While the roles of protein-bound cysteinyl residues as endogenous antioxidants are well …

A variety of reactive oxygen species react readily with methionine residues in proteins to
form methionine sulfoxide, thus scavenging the reactive species. Most cells contain …

Thioredoxins are ubiquitous disulfide reductases that regulate the redox status of target
proteins. Although plant thioredoxins display a striking diversity not found in other …

Abiotic stresses, such as drought, salinity and cold, are the major environmental stresses
that adversely affect tree growth and, thus, forest productivity, and play a major role in …