Lessons on Dehydration Tolerance from Desiccation-Tolerant Plants

Plant Desiccation Tolerance

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 11-50

  Oliver, Melvin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Dehydration tolerance; Desiccation tolerant plants; Extremophiles; Noninjurious leve; Temperature fluctuations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889271375     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470376881.ch2     Document Type: Chapter

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