Cold tolerance in 'Kousui' Japanese pear and possibility for avoiding frost injury by treatment with n-propyl dihydrojasmonate

HortScience

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 288-292

  Sekozawa, Yoshihiko ^a   Sugaya, Sumiko ^a   Gemma, Hiroshi ^a   Iwahori, Shuichi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; FREEZING; FROST EFFECTS; SUGARS;

COLD TOLERANCE;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

PYRUS COMMUNIS; PYRUS PYRIFOLIA;

EID: 0038138117     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.38.2.288     Document Type: Article

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