Insights into the cellular mechanisms of desiccation tolerance among angiosperm resurrection plant species

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1329-1340

  Vicre M ^a   Farrant, J M ^b   Driouich, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cell wall; Craterostigma wilmsii; Dessication tolerance; Oxidative stress; Plant growth regulators; Resurrection plants; Water stress

Indexed keywords

DESICCATION; TOLERANCE;

CRATEROSTIGMA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; SELAGINELLA PILIFERA;

EID: 9644262404     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2004.01212.x     Document Type: Review

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