Desiccation of plants is often lethal but is tolerated by the majority of seeds and by
vegetative tissues of only a small number of land plants. Desiccation tolerance is an ancient …

A number of recent outbreaks related to pathogens in low‐moisture foods have created
urgency for studies to understand the possible causes and identify potential treatments to …

Since the publication of the third edition of the Handbook of Plant and Crop Stress,
continuous discoveries in the fields of plant and crop environmental stresses and their …

The effect of various combinations of temperature and relative humidity on dormancy
alleviation of sunflower seeds during dry after-ripening was investigated. The rate of …

Seeds are one of the preferable and most used sources of germplasm for the ex situ
preservation of plant genetic resources. They are generally stored dry at− 20° C in seed …

The moss Physcomitrella patens is becoming the model of choice for functional genomic
studies at the cellular level. Studies report that Physcomitrella survives moderate osmotic …

The changes in germination potential of freshly harvested seeds of Arabidopsis thaliana
stored in various combinations of temperature and relative humidity were investigated over …

Chinese kale (Brassica oleracea var. alboglabra) and Caisin (Brassica rapa subsp.
parachinensis) are leafy vegetable crops grown in south-east Asian countries where rainfall …

Abstract Background and Aims The aquatic moss Fontinalis antipyretica requires a slow rate
of dehydration to survive a desiccation event. The present work examined whether …

Zygnema is a genus of filamentous green algae belonging to the class of
Zygnematophyceae (Streptophyta). In the Arctic, it typically forms extensive mats in habitats …