Does freezing and dynamic flexing of frozen branches impact the cavitation resistance of Malus domestica and the Populus clone Walker?

Oecologia

Volumn 173, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 665-674

  Christensen Dalsgaard, Karen K ^a   Tyree, Melvin T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Apple; Cavitation resistance; Dynamic bending; Frost damage; Poplar; Winter embolism; Xylem conduits

Indexed keywords

CLONE; DROUGHT; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; FREEZING; FROST; FRUIT; IMPACT; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; TREE; XYLEM;

MALUS X DOMESTICA; POPULUS;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; DISEASE RESISTANCE; FREEZING; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; MALUS; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT STEM; POPULUS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; XYLEM;

BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; DISEASE RESISTANCE; FREEZING; MALUS; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT STEMS; POPULUS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; XYLEM;

EID: 84885917539     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-013-2656-1     Document Type: Article

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