Measuring freezing tolerance: Electrolyte leakage and chlorophyll fluorescence assays

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 1166, Issue , 2014, Pages 15-24

  Thalhammer, Anja ^a   Hincha, Dirk K ^a   Zuther, Ellen ^a  

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Author keywords

Chlorophyll fluorescence; Electrolyte leakage; Fv< inf> Fm< inf>; Freezing tolerance; LT50< inf>

Indexed keywords

ELECTROLYTE; CHLOROPHYLL;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHLOROPHYLL FLUORESCENCE; CHLOROPLAST MEMBRANE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; ELECTROLYTE LEAKAGE ASSAY; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; FREEZE THAWING; FREEZING TOLERANCE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; ARABIDOPSIS; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; FREEZING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ARABIDOPSIS; CHLOROPHYLL; ELECTROLYTES; FREEZING; OPTICAL IMAGING;

EID: 84922393604     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-0844-8_3     Document Type: Article

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