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Membrane Behavior in Drought and Its Physiological Significance

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Recent Advances in the Development and Germination of Seeds

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During the last decade numerous efforts have been made to understand the mechanism of desiccation tolerance in plants and animals, particularly in those that exhibit the extreme dehydration known as anhydrobiosis (Crowe and Clegg 1978; Leopold, 1986). Research has focused on the following areas: metabolic changes during drought stress, particularly carbohydrates; the biochemistry and biophysics of membrane lipids; changes in DNA/RNA and protein synthesis; hormonal regulation of desiccation tolerance; and also more applied aspects such as the influence of environmental factors during seed and pollen rehydration.

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  1. Department of Plant Physiology, Agricultural University, Wageningen, The Netherlands

    Folkert A. Hoekstra

  2. Department of Zoology, University of California Davis, CA, 95616, USA

    John H. Crowe & Lois M. Crowe

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Hoekstra, F.A., Crowe, J.H., Crowe, L.M. (1989). Membrane Behavior in Drought and Its Physiological Significance. In: Taylorson, R.B. (eds) Recent Advances in the Development and Germination of Seeds. NATO ASI Series, vol 187. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0617-7_7

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