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Some tissues of most higher plant species are capable of tolerating extremes of desiccation. Typically, these tissues are found within the developing seed (Kermode et al., 1986), but for some species a wider range of tissues may be desiccation tolerant (Bartels, this volume). Within the developing seed the ability to tolerate desiccation is typically acquired during seed development, and is typically lost upon germination (Bartels et al., 1991; Kermode et al., 1986). Thus, the developing seed provides a system which can be utilized to elucidate at the biochemical and molecular level those factors which are involved in the acquisition and loss of desiccation tolerance.
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Locy, R.D. (1994). A Role for Sorbitol in Desiccation Tolerance of Developing Maize Kernels: Inference from the Properties of Maize Sorbitol Dehydrogenase. In: Cherry, J.H. (eds) Biochemical and Cellular Mechanisms of Stress Tolerance in Plants. NATO ASI Series, vol 86. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-79133-8_22
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