Index of injury compared to tissue ionic conductance for calculating freeze damage of cabbage tissues

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 121, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1141-1146

  Manley, Reeser C ^a,b   Hummel, Rita L ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Brassica oleracea Capitata group; cold hardiness; lamina; petiole; stem pith; TK50; triphenyl tetrazolium chloride

Indexed keywords

BRASSICA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; CAPITATA;

EID: 0030443946     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.121.6.1141     Document Type: Article

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