a b s t r a c tUsing Arabidopsis plants transformed with a redox-sensing green fluorescent protein targeted to the cytosol (c-roGFP1), we have demonstrated, in real time, measurements of reversible changes of redox status in the cytosol of plants subjected to a gradual water-stress, followed by re-watering. Plants sensed water stress, and changed the redox potential of their cytosol to a more oxidized value after a gradually-imposed water stress. Small variations in the cytosol redox potential and ascorbate (AA) values suggest that this parameter was tightly regulated. The re-watering was paralleled by a return of water stress, redox potential and ascorbate to initial values, showing the reversibility of water stress and its consequences.
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