Relationship between respiratory depletion of sugars and loss of cold hardiness in coniferous seedlings over-wintering at raised temperature: Indications of different sensitivities of spruce and pine

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 247-253

  Ogren E ^a   Nilsson, T ^a   Sundblad, L G ^b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b THE FORESTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF SWEDEN   (Sweden)

Author keywords

cold hardiness; cold tolerance; lodgepole pine; Norway spruce; Picea abies; Pinus contorta; Pinus sylvestris; respiration; Scots pine; sugar

Indexed keywords

ABIES; PICEA; PICEA ABIES; PINUS CONTORTA; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 0031056342     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3040.1997.d01-56.x     Document Type: Article

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