03125nam 22006134a 450 991045621770332120200520144314.01-280-82923-097866108292310-85199-719-8(CKB)111056486821658(EBL)293850(OCoLC)476055738(SSID)ssj0000137114(PQKBManifestationID)11136118(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000137114(PQKBWorkID)10087492(PQKB)10536666(MiAaPQ)EBC293850(Au-PeEL)EBL293850(CaPaEBR)ebr10058877(EXLCZ)9911105648682165820010914d2002 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrDesiccation and survival in plants[electronic resource] drying without dying /edited by M. Black and H.W. PritchardWallingford, Oxon, UK ;New York CABI Pub.c20021 online resource (422 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-85199-534-9 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.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 Fungi7 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 IndexThis book is divided into three sections, dealing with: the technical background to desiccation tolerance studies; the frequency and levels of dehydration stress tolerance in biological systems; mechanisms of damage and tolerance.Plant-water relationshipsPlantsDrought tolerancePlantsAdaptationElectronic books.Plant-water relationships.PlantsDrought tolerance.PlantsAdaptation.581.4Black Michael63188Pritchard H. W955895MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910456217703321Desiccation and survival in plants2163591UNINA