annals-of-botany

Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are considered to be detrimental to seed viability. However, recent studies have demonstrated that ROS have key roles in seed germination particularly in the release of seed dormancy and embryogenesis, as well as in protection from pathogens.

Nascimento et al. expose plants to supplemental UV-B radiation and find that it causes the formation of brown areas on the leaves, which develop into a protective tissue on the adaxial side of the leaf, but only in directly exposed regions