[HTML][HTML] Crops for dry environments

JM Farrant, H Hilhorst - Current opinion in biotechnology, 2022 - Elsevier
Highlights•Four strategies for improving food security in dry environments are presented.•
Engineering vegetative desiccation tolerance will allow survival of extreme …

Core cellular and tissue‐specific mechanisms enable desiccation tolerance in Craterostigma

R VanBuren, CM Wai, V Giarola, M Župunski… - The Plant …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Resurrection plants can survive prolonged life without water (anhydrobiosis) in regions with
seasonal drying. This desiccation tolerance requires the coordination of numerous cellular …

A Label-Free Proteomic and Complementary Metabolomic Analysis of Leaves of the Resurrection Plant Xerophyta schlechteri during Dehydration

H Gabier, DL Tabb, JM Farrant, MS Rafudeen - Life, 2021 - mdpi.com
Vegetative desiccation tolerance, or the ability to survive the loss of~ 95% relative water
content (RWC), is rare in angiosperms, with these being commonly called resurrection …

Dry and back again: characterization of desiccation-associated differentiation of leaf tissues in Craterostigma pumilum Hochst

SF Du Toit - 2023 - open.uct.ac.za
Resurrection plants are a polyphyletic group of angiosperms which display true desiccation
tolerance-the ability to survive near complete loss of cellular water for extended periods …