Book ID: 82663
Black, M. and H. W.Pritchard (eds.)
Desiccation and Survival in Plants. Drying without Dying. 2002. illus. 412 p. gr8vo. Hardcover.
Main chapter headings: Intro./ Methodology ( Methods for the Study ofWater Relations Under Desiccation Stress/ Experimental Aspects ofDrying and Recovery/ Biochemical and Biophysical Methods forQuantifying Desiccation Phenomena in Seeds and Vegetative Tissues)/Biology of Dehydration ( Desiccation Sensitivity in Orthodox andRecalcitrant Seeds in Relation to Development, Pollen and Spores:Desiccation Tolerance in Pollen and Spores of Lower Plants and Fungi,Vegetative Tissues: Bryophytes, Vascular Resurrection Plants andVegetative Propagules, etc.)/ Mechanisms of Damage and Tolerance/Retrospect and Prospect/ Glossary/ Taxonomic Index/ Subject Index.