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A Footprint of Plant Desiccation Tolerance. Does It Exist?

scientific article published on 20 July 2018

A Proteomic Approach to Investigate the Drought Response in the Orphan Crop Eragrostis tef.

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A decade of plant proteomics and mass spectrometry: translation of technical advancements to food security and safety issues.

scientific article published on 11 January 2013

A field portable method for the semi-quantitative estimation of dehydration tolerance of photosynthetic tissues across distantly related land plants

scientific article published on 25 March 2019

A footprint of desiccation tolerance in the genome of Xerophyta viscosa

scientific article published on 27 March 2017

A molecular physiological review of vegetative desiccation tolerance in the resurrection plant Xerophyta viscosa (Baker)

scientific article published on 22 May 2015

A role for pectin-associated arabinans in maintaining the flexibility of the plant cell wall during water deficit stress

scientific article published on February 2008

Academy of Science of South Africa launches a mapping survey of life science research and diagnostic activity in South Africa.

scientific article published in July 2013

Academy of Science of South Africa survey: responsibility in the life of sciences

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Adaptations of higher plant cell walls to water loss: drought vs desiccation.

scientific article published on 28 June 2008

An aldose reductase homolog from the resurrection plant Xerophyta viscosa Baker.

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Arabinose-rich polymers as an evolutionary strategy to plasticize resurrection plant cell walls against desiccation.

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Catalase is a key enzyme in seed recovery from ageing during priming

scientific article published on 12 June 2011

Chloroplast biogenesis during rehydration of the resurrection plant Xerophyta humilis: parallels to the etioplast-chloroplast transition

scientific article published on 02 September 2008

Composition and desiccation-induced alterations of the cell wall in the resurrection plant Craterostigma wilmsii

scientific article published on 01 February 2004

Desiccation tolerance in the vegetative tissues of the fern Mohria caffrorum is seasonally regulated.

scientific article published on 10 September 2008

Development of cycad ovules and seeds. 2. Histological and ultrastructural aspects of ontogeny of the embryo in Encephalartos natalensis (Zamiaceae).

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Development of plant regeneration and transformation protocols for the desiccation-sensitive weeping lovegrass Eragrostis curvula

scientific article published on 18 March 2005

Drought tolerance of selected Eragrostis species correlates with leaf tensile properties

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Editorial: Current advances and challenges in understanding plant desiccation tolerance.

scientific article published on 29 September 2015

Embryo cell wall properties in relation to development and desiccation in the recalcitrant-seeded Encephalartos natalensis (Zamiaceae) Dyer and Verdoorn.

scientific article published on 12 July 2014

Evidence for the presence of photorespiration in desiccation-sensitive leaves of the C4 'resurrection' plant Sporobolus stapfianus during dehydration stress

scientific article published on 23 November 2007

Expression of Xhdsi-1VOC, a novel member of the vicinal oxygen chelate (VOC) metalloenzyme superfamily, is up-regulated in leaves and roots during desiccation in the resurrection plant Xerophyta humilis (Bak) Dur and Schinz

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Germination-associated events and the desiccation sensitivity of recalcitrant seeds - a study on three unrelated species.

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Glycerolipid analysis during desiccation and recovery of the resurrection plant Xerophyta humilis (Bak) Dur and Schinz.

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Higher order polyploids exhibit enhanced desiccation tolerance in the grass <i>Microchloa caffra</i>

scientific article published in 2024

Jill Farrant: How we can make crops survive without water

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Key genes involved in desiccation tolerance and dormancy across life forms.

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Metabolomics as a complement to phylogenetics for assessing intraspecific boundaries in the desiccation-tolerant medicinal shrub Myrothamnus flabellifolia (Myrothamnaceae)

scientific article published on 03 January 2019

Orthodox Seeds and Resurrection Plants: Two of a Kind?

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Photoprotection conferred by changes in photosynthetic protein levels and organization during dehydration of a homoiochlorophyllous resurrection plant

scientific article published on 23 February 2015

Photosynthetic genes are differentially transcribed during the dehydration-rehydration cycle in the resurrection plant, Xerophyta humilis.

scientific article published on 9 September 2003

Photosynthetic limitations and volatile and non-volatile isoprenoids in the poikilochlorophyllous resurrection plant Xerophyta humilis during dehydration and rehydration

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Programming desiccation-tolerance: from plants to seeds to resurrection plants.

scientific article published on 19 April 2011

Protection mechanisms in the resurrection plant Xerophyta viscosa (Baker): both sucrose and raffinose family oligosaccharides (RFOs) accumulate in leaves in response to water deficit.

scientific article published on 23 April 2007

Protection of the photosynthetic apparatus against dehydration stress in the resurrection plant Craterostigma pumilum.

scientific article published on 3 June 2016

Proteomic analysis of leaf proteins during dehydration of the resurrection plant Xerophyta viscosa.

scientific article published in April 2007

ROS production and protein oxidation as a novel mechanism for seed dormancy alleviation

scientific article published on 21 March 2007

Reductions in abscisic acid are linked with viviparous reproduction in mangroves.

scientific article published on June 1998

Resurrection plants optimize photosynthesis despite very thick cell walls by means of chloroplast distribution

scientific article published on 18 January 2021

Structural characterization of arabinoxylans from two African plant species Eragrostis nindensis and Eragrostis tef using various mass spectrometric methods

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The South African and Namibian populations of the resurrection plant Myrothamnus flabellifolius are genetically distinct and display variation in their galloylquinic acid composition

scientific article published on 18 December 2005

The predominant polyphenol in the leaves of the resurrection plant Myrothamnus flabellifolius, 3,4,5 tri-O-galloylquinic acid, protects membranes against desiccation and free radical-induced oxidation

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The signature of seeds in resurrection plants: a molecular and physiological comparison of desiccation tolerance in seeds and vegetative tissues

scientific article published in November 2005

Thermodormancy and ABA metabolism in barley grains.

scientific article published in March 2009

Towards a systems-based understanding of plant desiccation tolerance.

scientific article published on 27 January 2009

Towards transcript profiling of desiccation tolerance in Xerophyta humilis: Construction of a normalized 11 k X. humilis cDNA set and microarray expression analysis of 424 cDNAs in response to dehydration

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Variability in Functional Traits along an Environmental Gradient in the South African Resurrection Plant Myrothamnus flabellifolia

scientific article published in 2022

Wheat seedlings as a model to understand desiccation tolerance and sensitivity.

scientific article published on April 2004

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