The use of a conductivity measurement method for assessing freezing injury I. Influence of leakage time, segment number, size and shape in a sample on evaluation of the degree of injury

Environmental and Experimental Botany

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-10

  Prášil, Ilja ^a   Zámečník, Jiří ^a  

^a CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Brassica napus; Degree of injury; Electrolyte leakage; Freezing injury; Rapeseed; Triticum aestivum; Wheat

Indexed keywords

COLD INJURY; CONDUCTANCE; MEASUREMENT; PLANT LEAF; RAPE; WHEAT;

EID: 0344110389     PISSN: 00988472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0098-8472(98)00010-0     Document Type: Article

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