Desiccation and survival in plants : drying without dying /

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2002.
• Subjects: Plants > Drought tolerance.; Plant-water relationships.; Plants > Adaptation.; Plant Water Relations.; Environmental Tolerance of Plants.; Desiccation.; Desiccation tolerance.; Plant tissues.; Pollen.; Recalcitrant seeds.; Seeds.; Spores.; Water stress.; Electronic books.
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• Physical Description: 1 online resource (x, 412 pages) : illustrations, charts; Also available in print format.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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This multi-author book gives a comprehensive account of desiccation and plant survival, and of how plant cells deal with extreme water stress. There is a general introduction on desiccation, and then four sections dealing with: The technical background to desiccation studies; the frequency and levels of dehydration stress tolerance in biological systems; mechanisms of damage and tolerance; and a brief retrospect and prospect. Orthodox and recalcitrant seeds, pollen and spores, vegetative parts, and other plant tissues are covered in detail.