a member of the cation/Ca2+ exchanger family, CCX1, is highly induced during leaf senescence in Arabidopsis. Although single mutation of CCX1 did not change the senescence phenotype, double mutation of CCX1 and CCX4 resulted in a subtle but significant stay-green phenotype during natural and dark-induced leaf senescence, suggesting that some members of the cation/Ca2+ exchanger family act redundantly in mediating leaf senescence.