Formation of specialized propagules resistant to desiccation and cryopreservation in the threatened moss Ditrichum plumbicola (Ditrichales, Bryopsida)

Annals of Botany

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 483-496

  Rowntree, J K ^a,c   Duckett, J G ^b   Mortimer, C L ^a,d   Ramsay, M M ^a   Pressel, S ^b  

^a ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ABA; Asexual propagules; Cell biology; Cryopreservation; Desiccation tolerance; Ditrichum plumbicola; Extremophiles; Protonemata; Sucrose

Indexed keywords

ABSCISIC ACID; CRYOPRESERVATION; CYTOLOGY; DESICCATION; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; ENCAPSULATION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GROWTH RESPONSE; MORPHOLOGY; MOSS; PROPAGULE; REHYDRATION; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SUCROSE; SURVIVAL;

ARTICLE; BRYOPSIDA; CRYOPRESERVATION; DESICCATION; DRUG EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; METABOLISM; TIME; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BRYOPSIDA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CRYOPRESERVATION; DESICCATION; TIME FACTORS;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; DITRICHUM;

EID: 34548225469     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcm141     Document Type: Article

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