Physiological and biochemical changes in desiccation and rehydration cycles of Selaginella convoluta (Selaginellaceae)
Saulo de Tarso Aidar,
Agnaldo Rodrigues de Melo Chaves,
Paulo Ivan Fernandes-Júnior
et al.
Abstract:Vegetative desiccation tolerance (VDT) is a biological process that allows resurrection plants to complete desiccation-rehydration cycles and survive without permanent damage. Physiological and biochemical changes related to the VDT were evaluated in the lycophyte Selaginella convoluta from the Caatinga biome, a seasonally dry tropical forest of northeastern Brazil. As representative of the oldest division of extant vascular plants, the investigation of VDT mechanisms in this species serves as an opportunity t… Show more
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