The roles of ROS and ABA in systemic acquired acclimation

Abstract

Systemic responses to environmental stimuli are essential for the survival of multicellular organisms. In plants, they are initiated in response to many different signals including pathogens, wounding, and a biotic stresses. Recent studies highlighted the importance of systemic acquired acclimation to biotic stresses in plants and identified several different signals involved in this response. These included reactive oxygen species (ROS) and calcium waves, hydraulic waves, electric signals, and a bscises acid (ABA). Here, we address the interactions between ROS and ABA at the local and systemic tissues of plants subjected to biotic stress and attempt to propose a model for the involvement of ROS, ABA, and stomata in systemic signaling leading to systemic acquired acclimation. REFERENCES