“…Due to its charge, this short-lived ROS is unable to passively cross the lipid bilayer and remains in the apoplast, where it is rapidly converted into another species, H 2 O 2 , either spontaneously or in a reaction catalyzed by the superoxide dismutase (SOD; Browning et al, 2012). The functions of plant NADPH oxidases stretch beyond stress responses and include roles in development (Sagi and Fluhr, 2006; Takeda et al, 2008), in sodium transport in the xylem sap (Jiang et al, 2012), and intriguingly also in long-distance (“systemic”) ROS signaling (Miller et al, 2009). In Arabidopsis wounding, heat stress, high light, and increased salinity result in RbohD-dependent systemic spread of the oxidative burst along the rosette leaves.…”