Desiccation and Survival in Plants ：Drying without Dying

Publication subTitle ：Drying without Dying

Author： Black M.J.;Pritchard H.W.

Publisher： CABI Publishing‎

Publication year： 2002

E-ISBN: 9780851997193

P-ISBN(Hardback): 9780851995342

Subject： Q948.112 climatic factors

Keyword： Botany and Plant Sciences Agricultural Science Agronomy and Crop Production

Language： ENG

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Desiccation and Survival in Plants

Description

In the past twenty years there has been a revolution in plant sciences, as new methods of molecular biology and biophysics have been applied to investigate environmental stress, particularly desiccation tolerance. Today, there is a good level of understanding of how plant cells cope with extreme water stress. This book is divided into four sections, dealing with 1) the technical background to desiccation tolerance studies; 2) the frequency and levels of dehydration stress tolerance in biological systems; 3) mechanisms of damage and tolerance, and 4) a brief prospect and retrospect. It covers orthodox and recalcitrant seeds, pollen and spores, vegetative parts, and other plant tissues.

Chapter

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 Propagules

8 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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