Truths or myths, fact or fiction, setting the record straight concerning nitrogen effects on levels of frost hardiness

Environmental and Experimental Botany

Volumn 106, Issue , 2014, Pages 132-137

  Taulavuori, Kari ^a   Taulavuori, Erja ^a   Sheppard, Lucy J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Frost hardiness; Frost injury; Nitrogen

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FROST HARDINESS; LEAF; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PLANT COMMUNITY; SEASONAL VARIATION;

SCOPUS;

EID: 84903898016     PISSN: 00988472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2013.12.022     Document Type: Article

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