Applying freezing test to quantify cold acclimation in Medicago truncatula

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 133, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 684-691

  Thapa, Babita ^a   Arora, Rajeev ^a   Knapp, Allen D ^a   Brummer, E Charles ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Barrel medic; Freezing tolerance; Ion leakage

Indexed keywords

MEDICAGO SATIVA; MEDICAGO TRUNCATULA;

EID: 52949105786     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.133.5.684     Document Type: Article

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