Cold Hardiness of Three Woody Plants

Cold Hardiness of Woody Plants

stresses caused by their freezing and thawing. A key difference between a hardy plant and a non-hardy plant is believed to be where the ice forms in freezing: inside the living cells or outside of them. If ice forms inside of cells, it is almost always fatal to them, and this is probably the principal cause of frost kill in non-hardy plants. Normally hardy tissue may be killed by moderate tempe...

Measuring Cold Hardiness in Woody Plants

Use of Blueberry to Study Genetic Control of Chilling Requirement and Cold Hardiness in Woody Perennials

Received for publication 21 Apr. 1999. Accepted for publication 5 May 1999. This work was supported by the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture–Agricultural Research Service, West Virginia Univ.–Agricultural Experiment Station, and the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture–National Research Initiative grant No. 9401825. West Virginia Univ. Agricultural Experiment Station Publication No. 2679. The cost of publishing t...

Salt tolerance & protoplasmic salt hardiness of various woody & herbaceous ornamental plants.

The interest in salt tolerance of plants, especially those of economic importance, is increasing as more saline lands are brought under cultivation, and as saline irrigation waters add to the salinity of cultivated soils. Research relating to the survival and growth of plants growing on soils containing excessive soluble salts has left many problems unsolved. The task of obtaining and selecting...

Electrophysiology of Woody Plants

A fundamental property of all living organisms is related to the continuous gathering of environmental information and the expression of physiological responses aimed to optimize its performance under new environmental conditions. In order to keep homeostasis, plants need to continuously gather information about its environment and to react physiologically, in order to synchronize its normal bi...