Plant adaptations to overwintering stresses and implications of climate change

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 81, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1145-1152

  Bertrand, Annick ^a   Castonguay, Yves ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate change; Cold adaptation; Cold adaptation genomics; Fall dormancy; Low temperature plant microbe interactions; Psychrophylic microorganisms

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FROST EFFECTS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PROTEINS;

PATHOGENS; VALORIZATION;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ADAPTATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; LOW TEMPERATURE; MICROORGANISM; OVERWINTERING; TOLERANCE;

EID: 1642276108     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/b03-129     Document Type: Conference Paper

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