Abstract Trehalose 6-phosphate (Tre6P), the intermediate of trehalose biosynthesis, is an
essential signal metabolite in plants, linking growth and development to carbon status. The …

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 …

Abiotic and biotic stresses are the main reasons of substantial crop yield losses worldwide.
Research devoted to reveal mechanisms of plant reactions during their interactions with the …

The survival of extreme water deficit stress by tolerant organisms requires a coordinated
series of responses, including those at cellular, transcriptional, translational and metabolic …

Desiccation tolerance is common in seeds and various other organisms, but only a few
angiosperm species possess vegetative desiccation tolerance. These 'resurrection species' …

The loss of cellular water (desiccation) and the resulting low cytosolic water activity are
major stress factors for life. Numerous prokaryotic and eukaryotic taxa have evolved …

To survive in the dry state, orthodox seeds acquire desiccation tolerance. As maturation
progresses, the seeds gradually acquire longevity, which is the total timespan during which …

Systems studies of drought stress in resurrection plants and other xerophytes are rapidly
identifying a large number of genes, proteins and metabolites that respond to severe …

Due to the ability to tolerate extreme dehydration, desiccation-tolerant plants have been
widely investigated to find potential approaches for improving water use efficiency or …

Resurrection plants have an extraordinary ability to survive extreme water loss but still revive
full metabolic activity when rehydrated. These plants are useful models to understand the …