Soluble sugars and dominant anions and cations were measured in turgescent and air-dry
leaves of desiccation-tolerant South African grasses. The species investigated can lose up …

Three tropical grasses, green panic (Panicum maximum var. trichoglume), buffel grass
(Cenchrus ciliaris), and spear grass (Heteropogon contortus), and a tropical legume, siratro …

Drought avoidance due to cuticular control increases with leaf number to a maximum in the
intermediate leaves, decreasing to a minimum in the upper leaves. Dehydrated intermediate …

Desiccation tolerance is induced in'resurrection'plants (73 pteridophytes, 88 monocots
including 36 grasses, 18 dicots) at moderate to severe water deficits as their protoplasm …

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 …

In hydrated plant cells, water is the main constituent. The organization of cellular structures
(both supramolecular assemblies and micromolecular structures) and the overall …

In order to understand better the physiological adaption of creosotebush (Larrea divaricata
Cav.) to drought conditions, its carbohydrate and nitrogen metabolism after a 7-day …

The loss of water from plant cells is an important environmental stress that has a major
impact on the area of land available for cultivation. Over 35% of the world's land surface is …

Sugar complements were analysed in extracts from leaves of desiccation tolerant species in
the angiosperm families Cyperaceae, Gesneriaceae, Liliaceae, Poaceae and Velloziaceae …

Productivity and geographical distribution of plant species are limited as much, if not more,
by water stress than by any other environmental factor. Fully one-third of the exposed land …