Assessment of the frost hardiness of shoots of silver birch (Betula pendula) seedlings with and without controlled exposure to freezing

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1108-1118

  Luoranen, Jaana ^a   Repo, Tapani ^a   Lappi, Juha ^a  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTROLYTES; FREEZING; FROST EFFECTS; LEAKAGE (FLUID); PLANTS (BOTANY);

ELECTROLYTE LEAKAGE (EL); FROST HARDENING (FH);

FORESTRY;

FREEZING; FROST HARDINESS; SHOOT; TREE;

BETULA; BETULA PENDULA;

EID: 3142521894     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x03-285     Document Type: Article

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