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Understanding desiccation tolerance using the resurrection plant Boea hygrometrica as a model system

Vegetative tissues of Boea hygrometrica, a member of the Gesneriaceae family, can tolerate severe water loss to desiccated state and fully recover upon rehydration. Unlike many other so called “resurrection plants,” the detached leaves of B. hygrometrica also possess the same level of capacity for d...

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Autores principales: Mitra, Jayeeta, Xu, Guanghui, Wang, Bo, Li, Meijing, Deng, Xin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3824148/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24273545
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2013.00446