1. introduction early frost in the autumn and late spring frost are the most common disasters related to the huge agricultural damages in west azerbaijan province. among 39 natural disasters in the world, 7 dominant disasters occur in this region and the frost has the first rank regarding the damage to the public sector and insurance industry in recent years. based on several reports, early spr...

late spring frost damage is the main factor that limits apricot production in iran.this research was aimed to evaluate the damage of freezing in two apricot cultivarflowers: ʽʽnasiriʼʼ and ʽʽnori-dirrasʼʼ during spring 2011. reproductive organs of thesecultivars at two phenological stages, popcorn and full bloom, were transferred toprogrammable freezer with temperature touch down from 5°c to -1...

Radiant frost is a significant production constraint to wheat (Triticum aestivum) and barley (Hordeum vulgare), particularly in regions where spring-habit cereals are grown through winter, maturing in spring. However, damage to winter-habit cereals in reproductive stages is also reported. Crops are particularly susceptible to frost once awns or spikes emerge from the protection of the flag leaf...

The future bloom and risk of blossom frosts for Malus domestica were projected using regional climate realizations and phenological ( = impact) models. As climate impact projections are susceptible to uncertainties of climate and impact models and model concatenation, the significant horizon of the climate impact signal was analyzed by applying 7 impact models, including two new developments, o...

Global warming has shifted the onset of spring plant phenology towards earlier dates. This shift can lead to “false springs” (plants get frost damage) because the date of last frost has not advanced at the same pace than the advancement of spring onset. Here, we use a cloud computing approach for processing big and high spatial resolution grids of temperature data to map the occurrence of false...

frost tolerance of winter wheat depends primarily on a strong vernalization requirement, delaying the transition to reproductive phase. the responses of four bread wheat cultivars (triticum aestivum l.) to low-temperatures were examined in controlled environment and field conditions. prolonged cold treatment accelerated the transition to reproductive development in winter wheats (cv. norstar an...

Global change increases the risk of extreme climatic events. The impact temperature may depend on tree species and also provenance. Ten provenances Fagus sylvatica L. were grown in a common garden environment Belgium subjected to different treatments. Half one year old seedlings submitted high thermal stress spring first year, all plants exposed late frost second year. high-temperature treated ...

Frost events are of particular importance for plants. Its occurrence determines growing season. Early or late frost may cause injuries and damage in plants which have not yet entered dormancy fall/winter, flowering period winter/spring. Global average temperature increase has been accompanied by changes extreme events. Observations shown that there a decreasing pattern frequencies intensities I...