Desiccation and survival in plants : drying without dying /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Black, Michael, Pritchard, H. W.
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Wallingford, Oxon, UK ; New York : CABI Pub., [2002]
Subjects:	Plant-water relationships. Plants > Drought tolerance. Plants > Adaptation. Plants. Adaptation, Biological. Droughts. Desert Climate. Ebooks. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book.

Table of Contents:

Drying Without Dying
Methods for the Study of Water Relations Under Desiccation Stress
Experimental Aspects of Drying and Recovery
Biochemical and Biophysical Methods for Quantifying Desiccation Phenomena in Seeds and Vegetative Tissues
Desiccation Sensitivity in Orthodox and Recalcitrant Seeds in Relation to Development
Pollen and Spores: Desiccation Tolerance in Pollen and the Spores of Lower Plants and Fungi
Vegetative Tissues: Bryophytes, Vascular Resurrection Plants and Vegetative Propagules
Systematic and Evolutionary Aspects of Desiccation Tolerance in Seeds
Desiccation Stress and Damage
Biochemistry and Biophysics of Tolerance Systems
Molecular Genetics of Desiccation and Tolerant Systems
Rehydration of Dried Systems: Membranes and the Nuclear Genome
Damage and Tolerance in Retrospect and Prospect.