High Light Stresses in Photosynthetic Organisms
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Physiology and Metabolism".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2021) | Viewed by 8824
Special Issue Editor
Interests: stress metabolism; desiccation tolerance; photosynthesis; longevity; reactive electrophile species
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Dear Colleagues,
Excess light stress can be unavoidable for photosynthetic organisms, despite a broad diversity of safety valves and mechanisms that regulate electron transport and light use efficiency. Typically, light stress occurs when environmental conditions are unfavourable for carbon assimilation (e.g. due to cold, drought etc.), but also when low-light acclimated organisms are exposed to a sudden increase in light intensity. Primary and secondary metabolism can be strongly affected, and other consequences include increased levels of reactive species, such as reactive oxygen species (ROS), which that not only cause damage (i.e. photoinhibition, lipid peroxidation etc.), but also contribute to signalling and light stress acclimation. This Special Issue of Plants will focus on all aspects of excess light stress, from prevention to mitigation and acclimation, across the diversity of photosynthetic organisms.
Dr. Thomas Roach
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- photoinhibition
- photodamage
- photoregulation
- reactive oxygen species
- chloroplast