Original title: Mechanisms of ROS Regulation of Plant Development and Stress Responses
Plants make and remove reactive oxygen species, or ROS, as part of normal life. This review describes how ROS are involved in growing shoots, forming organs, and responding to non-living stresses such as environmental conditions. It also discusses how ROS interact with epigenetic changes, which can affect how genes are used without changing the DNA sequence. The review presents plant growth and stress responses as outcomes of several signals working together.
Imagine tending a garden through a changing season. The same tool can help a plant grow well, yet the gardener must also adjust when conditions become harsh. In this paper, ROS are like that tool: plants regulate their production and removal as they develop and respond to environmental stress, alongside other signals.
Plant growth and survival both depend partly on reactive oxygen species, molecules that can act in helpful roles as well as being linked to stress. Understanding how plants regulate them may help explain how development and responses to harsh conditions are connected.
The abstract describes a review of ROS production and removal, plant development, abiotic stress responses, and links with epigenetic modifications. It does not specify the evidence-selection method, particular findings, or how strongly any one mechanism is supported, so those details cannot be assessed from the abstract alone.
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Mechanisms of ROS Regulation of Plant Development and Stress Responses — Honglin Huang, Farhan Ullah, Dao‐Xiu Zhou et al. — Frontiers in Plant Science — doi:10.3389/fpls.2019.00800
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