Vol.26 No.1（2004 February）：39-44

Advances in the Research on Flavonoid Biosynthesis and Plant Stress Response

ZHOU Feng Lian, SHOU Sen Yan, YE Wan Zhi, LU Gang*

（Plant cell and biotechnology Lab, College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310029, China）

Abstract: A hallmark of plant stress is the accumulation of the red or purple flavonoids. Many evidences proved that flavonoids played the important roles in plant stress protection. So the contribution of plant flavonoids to UV-B protection, disease resistances and resistances to aluminum toxicity were outlined. Progress on defining the mechanisms that controlled the amounts and varieties of flavonoids produced in plants in response to diverse environmental stress was also discussed.

Key words: flavonoid; plant stress; UV-B; disease resistance

*Corresponding author, E-mail: glu@zju.edu.cn