title: ATP and ADP contents in leaves of drying and rehydrating desiccation tolerant plants.
abstract: All species of desiccation tolerant angiosperms studied conserved some ATP in air-dry viable leaves. Otherwise there was no uniformity of response to drying: ATP content remained high in some species, but fell markedly in the others. ATP levels stayed high in Boea hygroscopica and Borya constricta until relative water content fell below 30%. ATP content recovered in the first 2 h of rehydration in Boea, but recovery was gradual in Borya, taking more than 16 h.
authors.affiliation: Botany Department, Monash University, 3168, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: D F
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Gaff
authors.affiliation: Lehrstuhl für Botanik, Technische Universität München, Arcisstrasse 21, D-8000, München 2, Federal Republic of Germany.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ziegler
keywords: ADP; ATP; Desiccation tolerance; Rehydration