Towards a systems-based understanding of plant desiccation tolerance

Trends in Plant Science

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 110-117

  Moore, John P ^a   Le, Ngoc Tuan ^b   Brandt, Wolf F ^c   Driouich, Azeddine ^d   Farrant, Jill M ^c  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ADAPTATION; METABOLISM; PLANT; REVIEW;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; PLANTS; WATER;

SELAGINELLA PILIFERA; VITACEAE; VITIS; VITIS VINIFERA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 59549092144     PISSN: 13601385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2008.11.007     Document Type: Review

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