How some plants recover from vegetative desiccation: A repair based strategy

Acta Physiologiae Plantarum

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 419-425

  Oliver, Melvin J ^a   Wood, Andrew J ^b   O'Mahony, Patrick ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellular protection; Cellular repair; Desiccation; Tolerance mechanism; Vegetative tissues

Indexed keywords

BRYOPHYTA; TORTULA RURALIS;

EID: 0031423953     PISSN: 01375881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11738-997-0038-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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