Relationship between temperature, respiratory loss of sugar and premature dehardening in dormant Scots pine seedlings

Tree Physiology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 47-51

  Ögren, Erling ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

carbohydrate; climate change; cold tolerance; Pinus sylvestris; respiration; winter damage

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROPHYTA; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 0031025659     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/17.1.47     Document Type: Article

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