Desiccation tolerance appeared as the key adaptation feature of photoautotrophic
organisms for survival in terrestrial habitats. During the further evolution, vascular plants …

Plants undergo a series of physiological, biochemical and molecular changes in response to
adverse environmental conditions or stresses such as drought, low temperature or high salt …

To survive in the dry state, orthodox seeds acquire desiccation tolerance. As maturation
progresses, the seeds gradually acquire longevity, which is the total timespan during which …

Vegetative desiccation tolerance is a widespread but uncommon occurrence in the plant
kingdom generally. The majority of vegetative desiccation-tolerant plants are found in the …

Main conclusion Besides being an important model to study desiccation tolerance, the
induction of desiccation tolerance in germinated seeds may also play an ecological role in …

Main conclusion A special issue reviews the recent progress made in our understanding of
desiccation tolerance across various plant and animal kingdoms. It has been known for a …

Desiccation tolerance was essential when plants first began to conquer land, roughly 400
million years ago. While most desiccation-tolerant plants belong to basal phylogenetic taxa …

Plants have several strategies to deal with water deficits; desiccation tolerance is but one of
these. It is a rare phenomenon in angiosperm vegetative tissues but it is common, although …

Desiccation-tolerance (DT) evolved as the key solution to survival on land by the early algal
ancestors of terrestrial plants. This 'first'DT involved utilizing rapidly mobilisable repair …

Plant species that exhibit vegetative desiccation tolerance can survive extreme desiccation
for months and resume normal physiological activities upon re-watering. Here we survey the …