Physiological and biochemical responses involved in vegetative desiccation tolerance of resurrection plant .

Unlabelled: The vegetative desiccation tolerance of has been evaluated for its ability to revive from a desiccation (air dry) state and start normal functioning when rehydrated. In this study, was identified by DNA barcoding. Experiments were conducted using the detached hydrated, desiccated and rehydrated fronds under laboratory conditions to understand the mechanism of revival upon the water availability.

Vegetative desiccation tolerance in : biochemical and physiological responses.

is an angiosperm desiccation-tolerant resurrection plant, which can survive during desiccation in the air-dry state and recover completely on availability of water. The present study was conducted to understand the vegetative desiccation tolerance of by evaluating its ability to recover the physiological, biochemical and morphological functions post desiccation. In order to understand the responses of to desiccation and subsequent rehydration experiments were conducted in the hydrated state (HS), desiccated state (DS) and rehydrated state (RS).

Perspectives on Structural, Physiological, Cellular, and Molecular Responses to Desiccation in Resurrection Plants.

Resurrection plants possess a unique ability to counteract desiccation stress. Desiccation tolerance (DT) is a very complex multigenic and multifactorial process comprising a combination of physiological, morphological, cellular, genomic, transcriptomic, proteomic, and metabolic processes. Modification in the sugar composition of the hemicellulosic fraction of the cell wall is detected during dehydration.