Critically reduced frost resistance of Picea abies during sprouting could be linked to cytological changes

Protoplasma

Volumn 243, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 145-152

  Neuner, G ^a   Beikircher, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cell wall elasticity; Freezing; Ice nucleation; Osmotic potential; Pressure volume technique

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLIMATE; CYTOLOGY; FREEZING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; SPRUCE; TEMPERATURE; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY;

CLIMATE; FREEZING; PICEA; PLANT LEAVES; TEMPERATURE;

ABIES; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 77954035653     PISSN: 0033183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00709-009-0052-9     Document Type: Article

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