• Relatively few species ('resurrection plants') express this desiccation tolerance in their foliage. (monash.edu)
  • Knowledge of the regulation of desiccation tolerance in resurrection plant foliage is reviewed. (monash.edu)
  • Such drought-induction of desiccation tolerance involves changes in gene-expression causing extensive changes in the complement of proteins and the transition to a highly-stable quiescent state lasting months to years. (monash.edu)
  • Treatment with only ABA induces desiccation tolerance in vegetative tissue of Borya constricta Churchill. (monash.edu)
  • Further research is needed on the triggering of the induction of desiccation tolerance, on the transition between phases of protein synthesis and on the role of the phytohormone, strigolactone and other potential xylem-messengers during drying and rehydration. (monash.edu)
  • Desiccation tolerance (DT) in germinated seeds is directly linked to the success of seedling survival of seasonally dry tropical forests (SDTF) species. (mendeley.com)
  • Desiccation tolerance is important for staphylococcal transmission and may affect survival on the skin if the RH falls below the threshold for growth. (medscape.com)
  • [ 124 ] Desiccation tolerance, or its recovery from being subjected to this stress, requires antioxidant activity (catalase, alkylhydroperoxide reductase), regulatory activity via accessory σ factor B and the ClpX protease. (medscape.com)
  • The ability to produce the polysaccharide intercellular adhesin (PIA) in staphylococci might contribute to desiccation tolerance. (medscape.com)
  • In the biotechnological process from fermentation, to formulation, to desiccation, and finally to storage of the finished biocontrol product, the low desiccation tolerance and shelf life of the biological component is one of the main challenges to overcome. (uni-bielefeld.de)
  • v) survival under desiccation and (vi) biocide tolerance. (frontiersin.org)
  • For the opportunistic pathogen Acinetobacter baumannii, desiccation tolerance is thought to contribute significantly to the persistence of these bacteria in the healthcare environment. (ecu.edu)
  • We conducted desiccation and rehydration experiments on the detached leaves of 43 pteridophyte species to assess the variability of drought adaptation strategies among pteridophytes. (bioone.org)
  • Michael Kessler and Yvonne Siorak "Desiccation and Rehydration Experiments on Leaves of 43 Pteridophyte Species," American Fern Journal 97(4), 175-185, (1 October 2007). (bioone.org)
  • Seedlings of each category were individually weighed after radicle protrusion, after 24 or 72h of desiccation, and after 7 or 14 days of subsequent rehydration. (mendeley.com)
  • DT was considered when seedlings resume growth after desiccation and rehydration to original water content. (mendeley.com)
  • The influence of desiccation and rehydration on the survival of polyembryonic seed of Citrus suhuiensis cv. (utm.my)
  • A study was carried out to investigate the influence of desiccation and freezing followed by various presowing rehydration procedures on thedesiccation sensitivity of the seed of Citrus suhuiensis cv. (utm.my)
  • The estimated desiccation sensitivity was substantially high (WC50 = 0.143 g H2O g_1 dw) when the desiccated seeds were rapidly rehydrated (uncontrolled rehydration). (utm.my)
  • However, little is known about what drives this protective mechanism and what keeps tardigrades from succumbing to the stresses of prolonged desiccation. (livescience.com)
  • Kunieda and his colleagues discovered these proteins a decade ago, and other research groups found that the proteins were involved in the survival of tardigrades during desiccation. (livescience.com)
  • The functions necessary to survive ionizing radiation are also necessary to survive prolonged desiccation. (wikipedia.org)
  • We investigated the ability of A. radioresistens to survive desiccation using an established glass surface model and compared the results to A. lwoffii and Acinetobacter baumannii. (nih.gov)
  • No other animal is known to use the tardigrade strategy to survive desiccation. (livescience.com)
  • Many animals that can survive long periods of desiccation, such as aquatic crustaceans known as brine shrimp, use sugars called trehalose to essentially freeze their cells in a glass-like state that protects their inner workings until the animals are exposed to water again. (livescience.com)
  • We investigated the ability of A. baumannii to survive rapid drying, and found that some strains exhibited a profoundly desiccation-resistant phenotype, characterized by the ability of a large proportion of cells to survive on a dry surface for an extended period of time. (ecu.edu)
  • Desiccation resistance of Acinetobacter spp. (nih.gov)
  • Winter desiccation, also known as winter burn, is a common type of winter injury that occurs in vegetation when the amount of water lost. (turfmagazine.com)
  • As such, certain degenerative conditions can surface, one of which is Disc Desiccation. (healthzap.co)
  • Facet arthropathy and disc desiccation are degenerative conditions of the spine that can result from age, congenital abnormalities, or trauma. (anatomicaljustice.com)
  • Several bacterial species have been shown to accumulate DNA damages upon desiccation. (wikipedia.org)
  • The lemon desiccation protocol relied on the physiological capacity of this species to avoid short-term drought effects through stomatal closure. (agri.gov.il)
  • India's biodiversity hotspot Western Ghats is home to 62 desiccation-tolerant vascular plant species, which could have applications in agriculture, particularly in areas with water scarcity. (thehindubusinessline.com)
  • Insect eggs are often protected from desiccation by parentally derived gels, casings, or cocoons, but active parental protection of offspring from desiccation has never been demonstrated. (worktribe.com)
  • Eggs of the mosquito that carries Zika virus can tolerate extended desiccation by altering their metabolism, according to a new study published October 24th in the open access journal PLOS Biology by Anjana Prasad, Sunil Laxman, and colleagues at the Institute for Stem Cell Science and Regenerative Medicine in Bengaluru, India and the Indian Institute of Technology in Mandi, India. (techandsciencepost.com)
  • Eggs overwinter in these cavities, protected from desiccation and predators. (telegraph.co.uk)
  • Background: It has previously been shown that brooding enhances ball python hatching success by reducing desiccation of eggs. (researchgate.net)
  • In biology and ecology, desiccation refers to the drying out of a living organism, such as when aquatic animals are taken out of water, slugs are exposed to salt, or when plants are exposed to sunlight or drought. (wikipedia.org)
  • Summer desiccation caused a gradual decrease in diurnal tree water use, starting immediately after cessation of irrigation, with leaf gas exchange practically halted at the end of the drought period. (agri.gov.il)
  • Mycobacterium smegmatis mutant strains that are deficient in the ability to repair double-strand breaks by the non-homologous end joining (NHEJ) pathway are more sensitive to prolonged desiccation during stationary phase than wild-type strains. (wikipedia.org)
  • The 10 strains of A. radioresistens were extremely resistant to desiccation and survived for an average of 157 days at 31% relative humidity (RH). (nih.gov)
  • This water flow was then used to model the strains and stresses that develop in the soil as a result which in turn predicted the initiation of desiccation crack behavior. (auburn.edu)
  • How can disc desiccation be treated? (healthzap.co)
  • Disc desiccation is a degenerative disease affecting older people. (healthzap.co)
  • This is because there are other causes of disc desiccation, like trauma to the spinal region, improper weightlifting and sudden weight gain, causing supplementary exertion on the vertebral discs. (healthzap.co)
  • Usually, when someone is suffering from disc desiccation they can experience back pain especially in the lumbar area. (healthzap.co)
  • Massage therapy is a great way to alleviate some of the pain associated with disc desiccation. (healthzap.co)
  • For example, in one study the investigators found that Caenorhabditis elegans dauer is a true anhydrobiote that can withstand extreme desiccation and that the basis of this ability is founded in the metabolism of trehalose. (wikipedia.org)
  • Desiccation-tolerant (DT) vascular plants can withstand extreme dehydration, losing up to 95 per cent of their water content, and they revive themselves once water is available again. (thehindubusinessline.com)
  • Desiccation is the physicochemical process of removing moisture from a substance. (wellnessadvantage.com)
  • Temperature and humidity will affect the desiccation (removal of moisture) stress that an organism experiences. (nih.gov)
  • Ecologists frequently study and assess various organisms' susceptibility to desiccation. (wikipedia.org)
  • In fact, "no such proteins have been reported in other desiccation-tolerant organisms," said Takekazu Kunieda, a biologist at the University of Tokyo who led the new research, published Sept. 6 in the journal PLOS Biology . (livescience.com)
  • Cells are made mostly of water, and desiccation is a potentially fatal event for any organism, since the structures of many proteins and other cellular molecules are dependent on adequate hydration. (techandsciencepost.com)
  • Here the relationship was investigated between metabolic activity, state of hydration and seed viability in the desiccation-intolerant (recalcitrant) seeds of Idiospermum australiense, a rare and primitive angiosperm tree restricted to wet tropical forest. (edu.au)
  • Alteration in mucosal pellicle may make the oral soft tissues more susceptible to desiccation and environmental insult, leading to colonization by an opportunistic microflora. (nih.gov)
  • Blastospores are easily produced in high quantities, but the desiccation necessary to ensure a sufficient shelf life of blastospore products has a significant impact on blastospore survival. (uni-bielefeld.de)
  • or can be secondary to corneal desiccation or inflammation. (nih.gov)
  • Desiccation is a particular risk for small animals in arid environments. (worktribe.com)
  • Adult mosquitoes, for example, living in warm, arid environments are going to be subject to more desiccation stress if water is limited than those living in humid, warm environments. (nih.gov)
  • The results showed that desiccation progressively reduced the percentage of normal seedling of the seeds of limau madu and the viability is almost lost at water contents below 0.08 g H2O g_1 dw. (utm.my)
  • Seed desiccation markedly reduced the percentages of germinated seeds with multiple seedlings. (utm.my)
  • The magnitude and mode of the observed increase in CO2 evolution in response to desiccation is unlike any reported so far and thus adds new information about metabolic changes that may occur as the water content of desiccation-intolerant seeds declines. (edu.au)
  • Desiccation-tolerant fungal blastospores: From production to application", Current Research in Biotechnology , vol. 3, 2021, pp. 323-339. (uni-bielefeld.de)
  • crop.zone , the new hybrid electric solution for alternative crop desiccation and weed management, has been voted the most innovative new technology in potato production by potato professionals worldwide. (potatonewstoday.com)
  • On average, 34% more leaf desiccation in potato when added to Reglone and Spotlight. (greena.nl)
  • Many efforts have been made to improve the desiccation crack resistance of cohesive soils, the most being chemical treatment using additives like cement and lime. (auburn.edu)
  • Improvement of soil crack resistance was studied by conducting desiccation cracking tests on two types of soils: Piedmont soil and white kaolin clay. (auburn.edu)
  • In their experiments, the researchers found that CAHS could make insect cells more resilient to desiccation, but those CAHS-enhanced cells still weren't as tough as tardigrade cells. (livescience.com)
  • We found complete grades of desiccation responses from poikilohydric to homoiohydric strategies and within the latter category from mesomorphism to xeromorphism. (bioone.org)
  • These results imply that BfmR plays a role in controlling stress responses in A. baumannii which help protect cells during desiccation, and they provide a regulatory link between this organism's ability to persist in the environment and pathogenicity. (ecu.edu)
  • The decrease in soil surface area owing to the desiccation of cohesive soils has an undesirable impact on the mechanical, hydrological, thermal, and physico-chemical properties. (auburn.edu)
  • Unimproved and sustainably improved soils were compared by utilizing desiccation and mechanical tests. (auburn.edu)
  • Well-hydrated leaves of resurrection plants are desiccation-sensitive and the leaves become desiccation tolerant as they are drying. (monash.edu)
  • Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based bi-input predictive models have been executed to forecast the bulk density, linear and volumetric shrinkages and desiccation cracking of HSDA-treated black cotton soil (BCS) for sustainable sub-grade construction purposes. (edu.ng)
  • Desiccation cracking of cohesive soils is the development of cracks on the soil surface as a result of a reduction in soil water content. (auburn.edu)
  • Therefore, the main objective of this study is to investigate eco-friendly soil improvement techniques and their effect on the desiccation cracking behavior of soils. (auburn.edu)
  • Viable viruses can be present in these scabs, and the protein material of the scab can protect the viruses from desiccation. (cdc.gov)
  • In contrast, summer desiccation during two consecutive years caused long-term effects of tree activity decrease, significantly lower yield, main branch collapse and even tree mortality. (agri.gov.il)
  • Desiccation (from Latin de- 'thoroughly', and siccare 'to dry') is the state of extreme dryness, or the process of extreme drying. (wikipedia.org)
  • The thing is that I did a project from a website which is about the science of mummification and I can't find a way to explain the process of desiccation of the hot dog with the baking soda. (stackexchange.com)
  • The Effect of Desiccation upon the Nutritive Properties of Egg-white. (qxmd.com)
  • In this study, we tested the effect of two months summer-desiccation on physiological and yield parameters of mature lemon trees growing under Mediterranean climate during three consecutive years. (agri.gov.il)
  • Effect Of Desiccation On Hybrid Saw Dust Ash Treated. (edu.ng)
  • The destruction of tumors of the urinary bladder by a high-frequency current effect, known as desiccation. (nih.gov)
  • They found that when the cells were threatened with desiccation, these proteins condensed, forming a network of filaments. (livescience.com)
  • populations to root zone desiccation stress / Reação fotossintética aclamatória de Panicum antidotale Retz. (bvsalud.org)
  • Developed by the German startup crop.zone and brought to farmers across Europe in cooperation with Australian crop protection specialist Nufarm, the hybrid electric desiccation and weed control solution uses a conductive liquid and electric power to destroy unwanted plants and weeds. (potatonewstoday.com)
  • After 24 and 72 hours desiccation, seedlings were rehydrated and allowed to grow by transferring to germination paper moistened with distilled water and incubated at same temperature and photoperiod conditions as previously described, for 7 and 14 days. (mendeley.com)
  • It is expected that these conditions may result in desiccation, or drying out, of the Salton Sea, leaving large portions of the lakebed exposed. (nih.gov)
  • During desiccation R increased dramatically toward a peak at a seed relative water content of 39 ± 3% (relative to maximum water content, which corresponded to 0.45 ± 0.03 g water g-1 d. wt) followed by a decline toward zero with total desiccation. (edu.au)
  • Includes unlimited streaming of DESICCATION - COLD DEAD EARTH via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more. (bandcamp.com)
  • There is an urgent need to understand how rapid desiccation of the Salton Sea will affect local levels of PM and impact the respiratory health of children in a predominantly low-income, Mexican American community living in the Imperial Valley. (nih.gov)
  • This combination allows fast, economical desiccation treatment for your potatoes. (potatonewstoday.com)
  • This review showcases studies from several approaches and puts them into context with the cellular effects of desiccation. (uni-bielefeld.de)
  • A creature engulfed by a living mirage doesn't gain the pinned condition and can move normally-such a creature is not in danger of suffocating-but as long as it begins its turn engulfed, it's subject to desiccation in addition to the damage the attack causes. (d20pfsrd.com)