Plant Desiccation Tolerance

Abstract

Section 1. Vegetative Desiccation Tolerance. 1. Plant desiccation tolerance: diversity, distribution, and real-world applications - Andrew J. Wood and Matthew A. Jenks. 2. Lessons on dehydration tolerance from desiccation tolerant plants - Melvin Oliver. 3. Mechanisms of desiccation tolerance in Angiosperm resurrection plants - Jill M. Farrant. 4. Desiccation tolerance in lichens - Richard P. Beckett and Farida V. Minibayeva. 5. Desiccation tolerance: gene expression, pathways and regulation of gene expression - Dorothea Bartels, Jonathon Phillips, and John Chandler. Section 2. Desiccation Tolerance of Pollen, Spores and Seeds. 6. Seed desiccation-tolerance mechanisms - Patricia Berjak, Jill M. Farrant, and Norman W. Pammenter. 7. The glassy state in dry seeds and pollen - Olivier Leprince and Julia Buitink. 8. DNA structure and seed desiccation tolerance - Ivan Broubriak, Shirley McCready, and Daphne J. Osborne. 9. Structural dynamics and desiccation damage in plant reproductive organs - Christina Walters and Karen L. Koster. Section 3. Applications of Desiccation Tolerance Research. 10. Desiccation tolerance genes and avenues for crop improvement - Revel Iyer, Sagadevan G. Mundree, Mohamed Suhail Rafudeen, and Jennifer Ann Thompson