An investigation into the role of light during desiccation of three angiosperm resurrection plants

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1275-1286

  Farrant, Jill M ^a   Vander Willigen, C ^a   Loffell, D A ^a   Bartsch, S ^a   Whittaker, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Craterostigma wilmsii; Desiccation tolerance; Homoiochlorophyllous; Leaf folding; Light stress; Myrothamnus flabellifolius; Poikilochlorophyllous; Xerophyta humilis

Indexed keywords

DESICCATION;

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

EID: 0042232287     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0016-8025.2003.01052.x     Document Type: Article

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