Desiccation Tolerance in the Moss Polytrichum formosum: Physiological and Fine-structural Changes during Desiccation and Recovery | Zendy

M. C. F. Proctor | Zendy; Roberto Ligrone | Zendy; Jeffrey G. Duckett | Zendy

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Desiccation Tolerance in the Moss Polytrichum formosum: Physiological and Fine-structural Changes during Desiccation and Recovery

Author(s) -

M. C. F. Proctor,

Roberto Ligrone,

Jeffrey G. Duckett

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

annals of botany

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.567

H-Index - 176

eISSN - 1095-8290

pISSN - 0305-7364

DOI - 10.1093/aob/mcl246

Subject(s) - desiccation , desiccation tolerance , plasmolysis , biology , moss , photosynthesis , botany , chlorophyll fluorescence , dehydration , biophysics , cell wall , biochemistry

This study explores basic physiological features and time relations of recovery of photosynthetic activity and CO(2) uptake following rehydration of a desiccation-tolerant moss in relation to the full temporal sequence of cytological changes associated with recovery to the normal hydrated state. It seeks reconciliation of the apparently conflicting published physiological and cytological evidence on recovery from desiccation in bryophytes.

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