Flavonols improve thermotolerance in tomato pollen during germination and tube elongation by maintaining ROS homeostasis.

Anthony E PostiglioneAllison M DelangeMohammad Foteh AliEric Y WangMaarten Houben Stacy L Hahn Maleana G KhouryColleen M RoarkMolly DavisRobert W Reid James B PeaseAnn E LoraineGloria K Muday

Published in: bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology (2024)

Flavonol antioxidants reduce the negative impacts of elevated temperatures on pollen performance by reducing levels of heat induced reactive oxygen species and modulation of heat-induced changes in the pollen transcriptome.

Keyphrases

reactive oxygen species
heat stress
diabetic rats
dna damage
gene expression
cell death
heat shock
rna seq
drug induced
oxidative stress