Increased anion channel activity is an unavoidable event in ozone-induced programmed cell death.
BackgroundOzone is a major secondary air pollutant often reaching high concentrations in urban areas under strong daylight, high temperature and stagnant high-pressure systems.Ozone in the troposphere is a pollutant that is harmful to the plant.Principal findingsBy exposing cells to a strong pulse of ozonized air, an acute cell death was observed i