Contributors; Preface; Part I Introduction; 1 Drying Without Dying; Part II Methodology; 2 Methods for the Study of Water Relations Under Desiccation Stress; 3 Experimental Aspects of Drying and Recovery; 4 Biochemical and Biophysical Methods for Quantifying Desiccation Phenomena in Seeds and Vegetative Tissues; Part III Biology of Dehydration; 5 Desiccation Sensitivity in Orthodox and Recalcitrant Seeds in Relation to Development; 6 Pollen and Spores: Desiccation Tolerance in Pollen and the Spores of Lower Plants and Fungi
Summary
This book is divided into three sections, dealing with: the technical background to desiccation tolerance studies; the frequency and levels of dehydration stress tolerance in biological systems; mechanisms of damage and tolerance
