Seasonal changes in the ice nucleation activity of various tissues in Japanese pear (Pyrus pyrifolia Nakai) in relation to their freezing behavior and frost injury

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 587, Issue , 2002, Pages 543-547

  Sekozawa, Yoshihiko ^a   Sugaya, Sumiko ^a   Gemma, Hiroshi ^a   Iwahori, Shuichi ^a   Ishikawa, Masaya ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cold hardiness; Frost injury; Ice formation; Ice nucleation activity; Pears; Pyrus pyrifolia; Spring

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879633193     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2002.587.71     Document Type: Conference Paper

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