Frost resistance in alpine woody plants

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 5, Issue DEC, 2014, Pages

  Neuner, Gilbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Freezing avoidance; Frost dehardening; Frost hardening; Ice susceptibility; Supercooling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84914671816     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2014.00654     Document Type: Review

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