The role of nitrosative signaling in response to changing climates
Date Issued
2013
Abstract
The increased frequency and extent of global climatic changes and associated
extreme environmental events remarkably influence plant growth and development,
ultimately affecting crop productivity throughout the world. In addition to
the well-documented enhanced accumulation of reactive oxygen species following
abiotic stress factors, a large amount of research carried out during the last decade
implicates the participation of nitric oxide and other reactive nitrogen species
(RNS) leading to nitrosative stress in the plant’s responses to environmental
stimuli. The imposition of abiotic stresses is known to cause overproduction of
RNS, which ultimately inflicts a secondary oxidative and nitrosative stress, leading
to various signaling responses. However, our understanding of nitrosative
signaling remains poorly understood. The present chapter represents an up-to-date
overview of the literature in terms of the important role played by nitrosative
signaling in model as well as crop plants in response to increasingly changing
climates.
extreme environmental events remarkably influence plant growth and development,
ultimately affecting crop productivity throughout the world. In addition to
the well-documented enhanced accumulation of reactive oxygen species following
abiotic stress factors, a large amount of research carried out during the last decade
implicates the participation of nitric oxide and other reactive nitrogen species
(RNS) leading to nitrosative stress in the plant’s responses to environmental
stimuli. The imposition of abiotic stresses is known to cause overproduction of
RNS, which ultimately inflicts a secondary oxidative and nitrosative stress, leading
to various signaling responses. However, our understanding of nitrosative
signaling remains poorly understood. The present chapter represents an up-to-date
overview of the literature in terms of the important role played by nitrosative
signaling in model as well as crop plants in response to increasingly changing
climates.