title: Foreword. Special issue on desiccation biology.
authors.affiliation: Agrocampus Ouest, Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences, UMR 1345, Campus du Végétal, 42 rue Georges Morel, CS 60057, 49071, Beaucouzé, France, olivier.leprince@agrocampus-ouest.fr.
authors.forename: Olivier
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Leprince
authors.forename: Julia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Buitink
mesh_terms: D000222:Adaptation, Physiological; D000818:Animals; D005075:Biological Evolution; D003890:Desiccation; D010944:Plants / Q000378:metabolism