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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
57
Citations
9639
World Ranking
1478
National Ranking
17

Overview

What is she best known for?

The fields of study she is best known for:

  • Botany
  • Enzyme
  • Ecology

Her main research concerns Botany, Desiccation, Recalcitrant seed, Germination and Horticulture. Her Botany research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Bruguiera, Avicennia marina, Ceriops tagal and Embryo. Her specific area of interest is Desiccation, where Patricia Berjak studies Desiccation tolerance.

Her work on Landolphia kirkii is typically connected to Natural variation as part of general Recalcitrant seed study, connecting several disciplines of science. Her study focuses on the intersection of Germination and fields such as Ageing with connections in the field of Oxidative damage, Respiration, Imbibition and Andrology. Her study in the field of Radicle and Water stress also crosses realms of Aqueous solution.

Her most cited work include:

  • A review of recalcitrant seed physiology in relation to desiccation-tolerance mechanisms (343 citations)
  • From Avicennia to Zizania: seed recalcitrance in perspective. (220 citations)
  • Recalcitrance: a current assessment (149 citations)

What are the main themes of her work throughout her whole career to date?

Patricia Berjak mostly deals with Botany, Recalcitrant seed, Desiccation, Horticulture and Germination. Her Botany study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Dehydration, Avicennia marina and Cryopreservation. Her Cryopreservation study deals with Amaryllis belladonna intersecting with Embryo and Zygote.

Patricia Berjak combines subjects such as Ultrastructure, Dry weight and Ekebergia capensis with her study of Recalcitrant seed. Her research in the fields of Landolphia kirkii overlaps with other disciplines such as Glutathione reductase. Her Germination study frequently draws connections to adjacent fields such as Seedling.

She most often published in these fields:

  • Botany (71.36%)
  • Recalcitrant seed (41.21%)
  • Desiccation (32.66%)

What were the highlights of her more recent work (between 2010-2018)?

  • Botany (71.36%)
  • Recalcitrant seed (41.21%)
  • Cryopreservation (25.13%)

In recent papers she was focusing on the following fields of study:

Her primary areas of investigation include Botany, Recalcitrant seed, Cryopreservation, Desiccation and Horticulture. The study incorporates disciplines such as Reactive oxygen species and Embryo in addition to Botany. Her Recalcitrant seed research integrates issues from Ultrastructure, Desiccation tolerance, Antioxidant and Intracellular.

Her Cryopreservation research incorporates elements of Shoot, Dehydration, Glycerol and Explant culture. Her work carried out in the field of Desiccation brings together such families of science as Host, Plant diversity and Humid tropics. Her study explores the link between Germination and topics such as High water content that cross with problems in Agronomy.

Between 2010 and 2018, her most popular works were:

  • Preservation of Recalcitrant Seeds (94 citations)
  • Implications of the lack of desiccation tolerance in recalcitrant seeds (60 citations)
  • Cathodic amelioration of the adverse effects of oxidative stress accompanying procedures necessary for cryopreservation of embryonic axes of recalcitrant-seeded species (40 citations)

Best Publications

  • A review of recalcitrant seed physiology in relation to desiccation-tolerance mechanisms

    N. W. Pammenter;Patricia Berjak

  • From Avicennia to Zizania: seed recalcitrance in perspective.

    Patricia Berjak;N. W. Pammenter

  • Recalcitrance: a current assessment

    J. M. Farrant;N. W. Pammenter;P. Berjak

  • Preservation of Recalcitrant Seeds

    Christina Walters;Patricia Berjak;Norman Pammenter;Kathryn Kennedy

  • In vitro studies on the potential for biological control of Aspergillus flavus and Fusarium moniliforme by Trichoderma species

    Claudia Calistru;Michelle McLean;Patricia Berjak

  • Seed development in relation to desiccation tolerance: A comparison between desiccation-sensitive (recalcitrant) seeds of Avicennia marina and desiccation-tolerant types

    Jill M. Farrant;N. W. Pammenter;Patricia Berjak

  • Implications of the lack of desiccation tolerance in recalcitrant seeds

    Patricia Berjak;Norman W. Pammenter

  • Homeohydrous (Recalcitrant) Seeds: Dehydration, the State of Water and Viability Characteristics in Landolphia kirkii

    N. W. Pammenter;Christina W. Vertucci;Patricia Berjak

  • Effects of differential drying rates on viability retention of recalcitrant seeds of Ekebergia capensis

    N. W. Pammenter;Valerie Greggains;J. I. Kioko;J. Wesley-Smith

  • Desiccation damage, accelerated ageing and respiration in desiccation tolerant and sensitive seeds

    Christina Walters;N.W. Pammenter;Patricia Berjak;Jennifer Crane

  • The Basis of Recalcitrant Seed Behaviour

    Patricia Berjak;Jill M. Farrant;N. W. Pammenter

  • Desiccation stress and damage.

    C. Walters;J. M. Farrant;N. W. Pammenter;P. Berjak

  • Recalcitrant (homoiohydrous) seeds: the enigma of their desiccation-sensitivity.

    P. Berjak;J. M. Farrant;D. J. Mycock;N. W. Pammenter

  • Unifying perspectives of some mechanisms basic to desiccation tolerance across life forms

    Patricia Berjak

  • Homoiohydrous (recalcitrant) seeds: Developmental status, desiccation sensitivity and the state of water in axes of Landolphia kirkii Dyer.

    Patricia Berjak;N. W. Pammenter;Christina Vertucci

  • Cryopreservation of Desiccation-Sensitive Axes of Camellia sinensis in Relation to Dehydration, Freezing Rate and the Thermal Properties of Tissue Water

    J. Wesley-Smith;Christina W. Vertucci;Patricia Berjak;N.W. Pammenter

  • Determination of Improved Steeping Conditions for Sorghum Malting

    J. Dewar;J.R.N. Taylor;P. Berjak

  • Effects of developmental status and dehydration rate on characteristics of water and desiccation-sensitivity in recalcitrant seeds of Camellia sinensis

    Patricia Berjak;Christina W. Vertucci;N. W. Pammenter

  • Germination-associated events and the desiccation sensitivity of recalcitrant seeds — a study on three unrelated species

    J M Farrant;N W Pammenter;P Berjak

  • Possible mechanisms underlying the differing dehydration responses in recalcitrant and orthodox seeds: desiccation-associated subcellular changes in propagules of Avicennia marina

    P. Berjak;M. Dini;N. W. Pammenter

  • Why do stored hydrated recalcitrant seeds die

    N.W. Pammenter;P. Berjak;J.M. Farrant;M.T. Smith

Frequent Co-Authors

Norman W. Pammenter
Norman W. Pammenter University of KwaZulu-Natal
Jill M. Farrant
Jill M. Farrant University of Cape Town
Christina Walters
Christina Walters Agricultural Research Service
Kent J. Bradford
Kent J. Bradford University of California, Davis
William E. Finch-Savage
William E. Finch-Savage University of Warwick
Hugh W. Pritchard
Hugh W. Pritchard Chinese Academy of Sciences
Michael Black
Michael Black King's College London
Daphne J. Osborne
Daphne J. Osborne The Open University
Allison R. Kermode
Allison R. Kermode Simon Fraser University
Azeddine Driouich
Azeddine Driouich University of Rouen

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