The effect of drying rate on the survival of three desiccation-tolerant angiosperm species

Annals of Botany

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 371-379

  Farrant, Jill M ^a   Cooper, Keren ^a   Kruger, Lynette A ^a   Sherwin, Heather W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll fluorescence; Craterostigma wilmsii; Drying rate; Myrothamnus flabellifolius; Resurrection plant; Ultrastructure; Xerophyta humilis

Indexed keywords

CRATEROSTIGMA; CRATEROSTIGMA WILMSII; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MYROTHAMNUS FLABELLIFOLIUS; SELAGINELLA PILIFERA; XEROPHYTA HUMILIS;

EID: 0032879133     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbo.1999.0927     Document Type: Article

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