Bryophyte conservation biology:In vitroapproach to theex situconservation of bryophytes from Europe

Is the Binding Pattern of Zinc(II) Equal in Different Bryophyte Species?

“…Even today, we have rather limited biological knowledge of this group, probably due to the small biomass production, slow growth rate and minor economic values of bryophytes. Nevertheless, the representatives of this group have very interesting features, e.g., special chemical constituents, the capability to cope with drought, salt or toxic elements, as well as exceptional biological activities and unique biochemical pathways (Sabovljevic et al, 2016).…”

“…However, suitable candidates for bioindication or biomonitoring need additional requirements. Estimates of environmental metal concentrations by bioindicator species can only be performed if the organism is not actively accumulating, avoiding or segregating the heavy metals (Sassmann et al, 2015 a ). Furthermore, the uptake of metals depends both on the plant and on the metal species, as well as on the availability of the metal in the environment.…”

Introductory Chapter: Bryophytes 2020

“…However, it seems these are not enough, and the decrease in populations, even species loss, is taking part. Therefore active conservation measures are needed: species propagation, species reintroduction, habitat management, and constant monitoring [22][23][24][25][26][27]. The emerging field of conservation biology, namely, conservation physiology, is therefore needed to learn in experimental both laboratory and field conditions, those what is essential on species biology prior to decision which measures will be applied for good species conservation and loss prevention apart from legal measure.…”

“…And again, in vitro establishment, studies, and propagation arise as problem solutions in maintaining ex situ collections and preparing material for release to the wild [25,27]. The reviving of material stored in herbarium is sometimes possible [26], but in most cases good green material is needed which mostly is not the case.…”

Spore Germination and Protonemal Development of Dolichomitriopsis diversiformis

“…Particularly, moss protonemata are typical features to understand evolution of plant morphogenesis (Pressel et al 2008;Alfayate et al 2013) and plant development regulated by hormones (Bauer et al 2007;Nowak et al 2014). Meanwhile, studies on protonemata development can provide indirect information to conserve those endangered germplasm species, such as cryopreservation (Sabovljević et al 2014;Wu et al 2015).…”