TY - BOOK AU - Black, Michael [Ed.] AU - Pritchard, H. W. [Ed.] TI - Desiccation and Survival in Plants : Drying Without Dying SN - 0851995349 U1 - 581.4 PY - 2002/// CY - Wallingford PB - CABI Publishing KW - Plant water relationships KW - Plants Adaptation KW - Plants Drought tolerance KW - Desiccation and Survival in Plants N1 - In the past 20 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 UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy033/2001043835.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0612/2001043835-d.html UR - http://14.139.59.218:80/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=4646 ER -