Accumulation of a 60-kD dehydrin protein in peach xylem tissues and its relationship to cold acclimation

HortScience

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 923-925

  Arora, Rajeev ^a   Wisniewski, Michael ^b  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b APPALACHIAN FRUIT RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

cryoprotective proteins; deep supercooling; Prunus persica

Indexed keywords

PRUNUS; PRUNUS PERSICA;

EID: 0030458435     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.31.6.923     Document Type: Article

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