• DOI:10.1104/PP.61.3.334
Corpus ID: 36029509

Effects of Various Rates of Freezing on the Metabolism of a Drought-tolerant Plant, the Moss Tortula ruralis.

@article{Mlek1978EffectsOV,
  title={Effects of Various Rates of Freezing on the Metabolism of a Drought-tolerant Plant, the Moss Tortula ruralis.},
  author={L. M{\'a}lek and J. Bewley},
  journal={Plant physiology},
  year={1978},
  volume={61 3},
  pages={
          334-8
        }
}

L. Málek, J. Bewley

Published 1978

Biology, Medicine

Plant physiology

The response of the drought-tolerant moss Tortula ruralis ([Hedw.] Gaertn., Meyer, Scherb.) to freezing and thawing at controlled rates has been studied. Slow freezing (at 3 C per hour to -30 C) of hydrated T. ruralis leads to only temporary, reversible changes in metabolism. These changes can be considered to result from desiccation due to extracellular ice formation. In contrast, rapid freezing in liquid N(2) and thawing in 20 C water leads to deterioration in all aspects of metabolism… CONTINUE READING

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