Is electron transport to oxygen an important mechanism in photoprotection? Contrasting responses from Antarctic vascular plants

• Published in: Physiologia Plantarum
• Main Authors: Pérez‐Torres, Eduardo, Bravo, León A., Corcuera, Luis J., Johnson, Giles N.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2007
• Subjects: Antarctic; Psi; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1399-3054.2007.00899.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1399-3054.2007.00899.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1399-3054.2007.00899.x

Photoreduction of oxygen by the photosynthetic electron transport chain has been suggested to be an important process in protecting leaves from excess light under conditions of stress; however, there is little evidence that this process occurs significantly except when plants are exposed to conditio...