Review Article
L-Ascorbic Acid: A Multifunctional Molecule Supporting Plant Growth and Development
Table 3
Approaches to increase ascorbic acid content or redox state through increasing MDAR expression.
| Species | Tissue | Subcellular location | Gene source | Fold increase in Asc | Fold increase in Asc redox state | Consequence of increasing MDAR expression | Reference |
| Tobacco | Leaves | Cytosol | Arabidopsis | 1.2 | 1.3 | No change in aluminum tolerance | [183] | Tobacco | Leaves | Cytosol | Arabidopsis | 2.2 | 2.2 to 3 | Enhanced tolerance to ozone and salt stress | [191] | Arabidopsis | Leaves | Chloroplast | Tomato | 1.2 | 2.2 | Enhanced tolerance to low- and high-temperature stress; enhanced tolerance to oxidative stress | [192] | Tomato | Fruit | Cytosol | Tomato | No change | Not reported | No increase in Asc content in leaves or green fruit | [189] |
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