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Senescence and Apoptosis: ROS Contribution to Stress Tolerance or Cellular Impairment

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Senescence and apoptosis are crucial developmental processes that take place during plant growth and development. Senescence is a genetically controlled irreversible process that culminates into the end of functional life of senescent cells, whereas apoptosis is a type of programmed cell death. These processes occur as a part of developmental activities such as aging and/or under influence of biotic and abiotic stress like pathogenic attack and environmental insult. Senescence facilitates the remobilization of nutrients from senescent cells to other develo** parts of the plant, thereby supporting plant development. Similarly, apoptosis takes place to eliminate damaged, infected, and/or unwanted cells, thus maintaining cellular homeostasis. However, the onset of stressful events has been reported to induce senescence and apoptosis at an early stage, resulting in plant productivity loss. Perception of stressful conditions triggers the production and accumulation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in plants via multiple pathways. The generation of ROS in plant mediate signals that promote resilience toward stress or damages biomolecules which exacerbates the process of senescence and apoptosis causing cellular impairment. Improved understanding of the functional role of ROS in senescence and apoptosis is therefore essential to recognize the fate of ROS in plants. In this chapter, an attempt has been made to summarize the functional role or contribution of ROS in context to senescence and apoptosis.

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  2. Institute of Forest Productivity, Ranchi, India

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Sachdev, S., Ansari, S.A., Ansari, M.I. (2023). Senescence and Apoptosis: ROS Contribution to Stress Tolerance or Cellular Impairment. In: Reactive Oxygen Species in Plants. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-9884-3_4

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