What Determines a Plant's Cold Hardiness?
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near future because both our understanding of plant physiology and our ability to manipulate plant cold hardiness have improved. Without question, resistance to low temperatures is a major factor determining the geographic distribution of plant species. Socalled chillmg-sensitive plants, such as the tropical banana and the semitropical avocado, can be severely injured or even killed by long-term exposure to temperatures (50 degrees Fahrenheit, for example) that are well above freezing. By contrast, chilling-resis-
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