Plant Desiccation Tolerance

by Ulrich E. Lüttge

Book Overview

Desiccation tolerance was essential when plants first began to conquer land, roughly 400 million years ago. While most desiccation-tolerant plants belong to basal phylogenetic taxa, this capacity has also evolved among some vascular plant species.

In this volume renowned experts treat plant desiccation tolerance at the organismic as well as at the cellular level. The diversity of ecophysiological adaptations and acclimations of cyanobacteria,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3642191053
• ISBN13: 9783642191053
• Release Date: June 2011
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 386 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.2"