Desiccation tolerance in the moss Polytrichum formosum: Physiological and fine-structural changes during desiccation and recovery

Annals of Botany

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 75-93

  Proctor, Michael C F ^a   Ligrone, Roberto ^b   Duckett, Jeffrey G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bryophyta; Chlorophyll fluorescence; Chloroplasts; CO2 exchange desiccation tolerance; Electron microscopy; Metabolic inhibitors; Mosses; Polytrichum formosum

Indexed keywords

CARBON BALANCE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLOROPHYLL; DESICCATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; METABOLISM; MOSS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; POLYTRICHUM FORMOSUM; PTERIDOPHYTA; SELAGINELLA; SELAGINELLA LEPIDOPHYLLA;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLOROPHYLL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITOR; WATER;

ADAPTATION; CHLOROPLAST; DESICCATION; METABOLISM; MOSS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; ARTICLE; BRYOPSIDA; CELL SHAPE; CELL SIZE; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; TIME;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BRYOPHYTA; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLOROPHYLL; CHLOROPLASTS; DESICCATION; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; PLANT LEAVES; BRYOPSIDA; CELL SHAPE; CELL SIZE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITORS; TIME FACTORS; WATER;

EID: 34047209561     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcl246     Document Type: Article

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