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Lipid Peroxidation, a Result of Injury in Bean Leaves Exposed to Ozone. Harley Tomlinson, Assistant Plant Pathologist, Department of Plant Pathology and Botany, The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, New Haven 06504; Saul Rich, Senior Plant Pathologist, Department of Plant Pathology and Botany, The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, New Haven 06504. Phytopathology 60:1531-1532. DOI: 10.1094/Phyto-60-1531.

Bean leaves exposed to ozone or treated with a solution of α-iodoacetamide showed no evidence of lipid peroxidation until after symptoms of injury developed. Evidence of lipid peroxidation appeared immediately in bean leaves injured by crushing or by a spray of chloroform. Unsaturated fatty acids were not selectively destroyed in bean leaves exposed to ozone.