Desiccation and survival in plants [[electronic resource] ] : drying without dying / / edited by M. Black and H.W. Pritchard

• Pubblicazione: Wallingford, Oxon, UK ; ; New York, : CABI Pub., c2002
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (422 p.)
• Disciplina: 581.4
• Soggetto topico: Plant-water relationships; Plants - Drought tolerance; Plants - Adaptation
• Altri autori: BlackMichael PritchardH. W
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: This 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Desiccation and survival in plants
• ISBN: 1-280-82923-0; 9786610829231; 0-85199-719-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910780174003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II