An overview of cold hardiness in woody plants: Seeing the forest through the trees

HortScience

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 952-959

  Wisniewski, Michael ^a   Bassett, Carole ^a   Gusta, Lawrence V ^b  

^a APPALACHIAN FRUIT RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

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EID: 0141680336     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.38.5.952     Document Type: Conference Paper

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