Desiccation and survival in plants :
Desiccation and survival in plants : drying without dying /
edited by M. Black, King's College, University of London, UK and H.W. Pritchard, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Wakehurst Place, UK.
- 1 online resource (x, 412 pages) : illustrations, charts
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Introduction -- Drying Without Dying / Peter Alpert and Melvin J. Oliver -- Methodology -- Methods for the Study of Water Relations Under Desiccation Stress / Wendell Q. Sun -- Experimental Aspects of Drying and Recovery / Norman W. Pammenter, Patricia Berjak, James Wesley-Smith and Clare Vander Willigen -- Biochemical and Biophysical Methods for Quantifying Desiccation Phenomena in Seeds and Vegetative Tissues / Olivier Leprince and Elena A. Golovina -- Biology of Dehydration -- Desiccation Sensitivity in Orthodox and Recalcitrant Seeds in Relation to Development / Allison R. Kermode and Bill E. Finch-Savage -- Pollen and Spores : Desiccation Tolerance in Pollen and the Spores of Lower Plants and Fungi / Folkert A. Hoekstra -- Vegetative Tissues : Bryophytes, Vascular Resurrection Plants and Vegetative Propagules / Michael C.F. Proctor and Valerie C. Pence -- Systematic and Evolutionary Aspects of Desiccation Tolerance in Seeds / John B. Dickie and Hugh W. Pritchard -- Mechanisms of Damage and Tolerance -- Desiccation Stress and Damage / Christina Walters, Jill M. Farrant, Norman W. Pammenter and Patricia Berjak -- Biochemistry and Biophysics of Tolerance Systems / Julia Buitink, Folkert A. Hoekstra and Olivier Leprince -- Molecular Genetics of Desiccation and Tolerant Systems / Jonathan R. Phillips, Melvin J. Oliver and Dorothea Bartels -- Rehydration of Dried Systems : Membranes and the Nuclear Genome / Daphne J. Osborne, Ivan Boubriak and Olivier Leprince -- Retrospect and Prospect -- Damage and Tolerance in Retrospect and Prospect / Michael Black, Ralph L. Obendorf and Hugh W. Pritchard.
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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.
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.
QK870 / .D57 2002eb
581.4
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Introduction -- Drying Without Dying / Peter Alpert and Melvin J. Oliver -- Methodology -- Methods for the Study of Water Relations Under Desiccation Stress / Wendell Q. Sun -- Experimental Aspects of Drying and Recovery / Norman W. Pammenter, Patricia Berjak, James Wesley-Smith and Clare Vander Willigen -- Biochemical and Biophysical Methods for Quantifying Desiccation Phenomena in Seeds and Vegetative Tissues / Olivier Leprince and Elena A. Golovina -- Biology of Dehydration -- Desiccation Sensitivity in Orthodox and Recalcitrant Seeds in Relation to Development / Allison R. Kermode and Bill E. Finch-Savage -- Pollen and Spores : Desiccation Tolerance in Pollen and the Spores of Lower Plants and Fungi / Folkert A. Hoekstra -- Vegetative Tissues : Bryophytes, Vascular Resurrection Plants and Vegetative Propagules / Michael C.F. Proctor and Valerie C. Pence -- Systematic and Evolutionary Aspects of Desiccation Tolerance in Seeds / John B. Dickie and Hugh W. Pritchard -- Mechanisms of Damage and Tolerance -- Desiccation Stress and Damage / Christina Walters, Jill M. Farrant, Norman W. Pammenter and Patricia Berjak -- Biochemistry and Biophysics of Tolerance Systems / Julia Buitink, Folkert A. Hoekstra and Olivier Leprince -- Molecular Genetics of Desiccation and Tolerant Systems / Jonathan R. Phillips, Melvin J. Oliver and Dorothea Bartels -- Rehydration of Dried Systems : Membranes and the Nuclear Genome / Daphne J. Osborne, Ivan Boubriak and Olivier Leprince -- Retrospect and Prospect -- Damage and Tolerance in Retrospect and Prospect / Michael Black, Ralph L. Obendorf and Hugh W. Pritchard.
Access limited to subscribing institution.
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.
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.
QK870 / .D57 2002eb
581.4