Xylem hydraulic failure has been recognized as a pervasive factor in the triggering of
drought-induced tree mortality. However, foundational evidence of the mechanistic link …

Due to the ability to tolerate extreme dehydration, desiccation-tolerant plants have been
widely investigated to find potential approaches for improving water use efficiency or …

With global climate change, water scarcity threatens whole agro/ecosystems. The desert
moss Syntrichia caninervis, an extremophile, offers novel insights into surviving desiccation …

High‐throughput RNA sequencing (RNA‐seq) has recently become the method of choice to
define and analyze transcriptomes. For the model moss Physcomitrella patens, although this …

The SNF1-related protein kinase 2 (SnRK2) family includes key regulators of osmostress
and abscisic acid (ABA) responses in angiosperms and can be classified into three …

Vegetative desiccation tolerance is common in bryophytes, although this character has been
lost in most vascular plants. The moss Physcomitrella patens survives complete desiccation …

The plant cuticle is thought to be a critical evolutionary adaptation that allowed the first
plants to colonize land, because of its key roles in regulating plant water status and …

Thermal dissipation of excitation energy is a fundamental photoprotection mechanism in
plants. Thermal energy dissipation is frequently estimated using the quenching of the …

Bryophytes have long been understood to be desiccation tolerant (capable of reviving from
an air-dry state, DT). While mechanistic studies focusing on the expression of this complex …

Water scarcity, resulting from climate change, poses a significant threat to ecosystems.
Syntrichia ruralis, a dryland desiccation‐tolerant moss, provides valuable insights into …