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UNINA9910780174003321 |
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Titolo |
Desiccation and survival in plants [[electronic resource] ] : drying without dying / / edited by M. Black and H.W. Pritchard |
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Wallingford, Oxon, UK ; ; New York, : CABI Pub., c2002 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-82923-0 |
9786610829231 |
0-85199-719-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (422 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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BlackMichael |
PritchardH. W |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Plant-water relationships |
Plants - Drought tolerance |
Plants - Adaptation |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Contributors; Preface; Part I Introduction; 1 Drying Without Dying; Part II Methodology; 2 Methods for the Study of Water Relations Under Desiccation Stress; 3 Experimental Aspects of Drying and Recovery; 4 Biochemical and Biophysical Methods for Quantifying Desiccation Phenomena in Seeds and Vegetative Tissues; Part III Biology of Dehydration; 5 Desiccation Sensitivity in Orthodox and Recalcitrant Seeds in Relation to Development; 6 Pollen and Spores: Desiccation Tolerance in Pollen and the Spores of Lower Plants and Fungi |
7 Vegetative Tissues: Bryophytes, Vascular Resurrection Plants and Vegetative Propagules8 Systematic and Evolutionary Aspects of Desiccation Tolerance in Seeds; Part IV Mechanisms of Damage and Tolerance; 9 Desiccation Stress and Damage; 10 Biochemistry and Biophysics of Tolerance Systems; 11 Molecular Genetics of Desiccation and Tolerant Systems; 12 Rehydration of Dried Systems: Membranes and the Nuclear Genome; Part V Retrospect and Prospect; 13 Damage and Tolerance in Retrospect and Prospect; Glossary; Taxonomic Index; Subject Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book is divided into three sections, dealing with: the technical |
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