Deacclimation and reacclimation of cold-hardy plants: Current understanding and emerging concepts

Plant Science

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 3-16

  Kalberer, Scott R ^a   Wisniewski, Michael ^b   Arora, Rajeev ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b APPALACHIAN FRUIT RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Chilling requirement; Dehardening; Dormancy; Freezing tolerance; Phenology; Rehardening

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANTS; BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; CARBOHYDRATES; GROWTH KINETICS; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PROTEINS;

CHILLING REQUIREMENT; DEHARDENING; DORMANCY; FREEZING TOLERANCE; PHENOLOGY; REHARDENING;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ANTIOXIDANTS; CARBOHYDRATES; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANTS; PROTEINS;

EID: 33747382812     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2006.02.013     Document Type: Review

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