Crassulacean Acid Metabolism May Alleviate Production of Reactive Oxygen Species in a Facultative CAM Plant, the Common Ice Plant Mesembryanthemum crystallinum L.

We examined the function of CAM in reactive oxygen species (ROS) alleviation using a newly isolated CAM-deficient mutant of a facultative halophyte Mesembryanthemum crystallinum L. Salt-stress (0.4 M NaCl) induced nocturnal malate synthesis in the leaves of the wild-type plant, but not in the mutant...

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Main Authors: Haruki Sunagawa, John Cushman, Sakae Agarie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2010-01-01
Series:Plant Production Science
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1626/pps.13.256