Annals of botany
Boundary-line trade-off in bryophytes between UV photoprotection and photosynthetic capacity, but not desiccation tolerance.
Alicia V Perera Castro, Maria Elena Solarte, Ayako Egawa, Pavel Brito-Gutiérrez, Melinda Waterman, Sharon A Robinson, Jaume Flexas, Javier Gulías
Published: 202510.1093/aob/mcaf242
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Coping with both UV-B radiation and desiccation was essential for early land plants. In bryophytes, UV-B screening and desiccation tolerance partially depend on the physico-chemical features of cell walls, which may also constrai…
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