Cold acclimation, de-acclimation and re-acclimation of spring canola, winter canola and winter wheat: The role of carbohydrates, cold-induced stress proteins and vernalization

Environmental and Experimental Botany

Volumn 106, Issue , 2014, Pages 156-163

  Trischuk, Russell G ^a,b   Schilling, Brian S ^a,c   Low, Nicholas H ^a   Gray, Gordon R ^a   Gusta, Lawrence V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b BASF Canada   (Canada)

^c Department of Biochemistry University of Saskatchewan ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Canola (Brassica napus L.); Carbohydrate; Cold acclimation de acclimation; Dehydrin; Vernalization; Winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; FREEZE TOLERANCE; PLANT COMMUNITY; PROTEIN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SURVIVORSHIP; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VERNALIZATION;

BRASSICA NAPUS; BRASSICA NAPUS VAR. NAPUS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84903882093     PISSN: 00988472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2014.02.013     Document Type: Article

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