{"product_id":"desiccation-and-survival-in-plants-9780851995342","title":"Desiccation and Survival in Plants","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart I: Introduction 1: Drying without dying, P Alpert and M J Oliver Part II: Methodology 2: Methods for study of water relations under desiccation stress, W K Sun 3: Experimental aspects of drying and recovery, N W Pammenter, P Berjak, J Wesley-Smith and C Vander Willigen 4: Biochemical and biophysical methods for quantifying desiccation phenomena in seeds and vegetative tissues, O Leprince and E Golovina Part III: Biology of dehydration 5: Desiccation sensitivity in orthodox and recalcitrant seeds in relation to development, A Kermode and B E Finch-Savage 6: Pollen and spores: Desiccation tolerance in pollen and the spores of lower plants and fungi, F A Hoekstra 7: Vegetative tissues: Bryophytes, vascular resurrection plants and vegetative propagules, M C F Proctor and V C Pence 8: Ecological, taxonomic and phylogenetic aspects of desiccation tolerance in seeds and other plant tissues, J Dickie and H Pritchard Part IV: Mechanisms of damage and tolerance 9: Desiccation stress and damage, C Walters, J M Farrant, N W Pammenter and P Berjak 10: Biochemistry and biophysics of tolerance systems, J Buitink, F A Hoekstra and O Leprince 11: Molecular genetics of desiccation and tolerant systems, J Phillips, M J Oliver and D Bartels 12: Rehydration of dried systems: Membranes and the nuclear genome, D J Osborne, I Boubriak and O Leprince Part V: Retrospect and prospect 13: Damage and tolerance in retrospect and prospect, M Black, H Pritchard and R Obendorf","brand":"CABI Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406252286295,"sku":"9780851995342","price":131.26,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780851995342.jpg?v=1730495107","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/desiccation-and-survival-in-plants-9780851995342","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}