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Mechanisms of Frost Survival and Freeze-Damage in Nature

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Conifer Cold Hardiness

Part of the book series: Tree Physiology ((TREE,volume 1))

Abstract

Conifers experience a variety of frost scenarios and associated injuries in their natural range. For example, injury from spring frost is a frequent occurrence throughout the northern range of conifers — injuries are also caused by night frosts during the active growth period, when the tissues are sensitive to even slight freezing temperatures. However, night frosts during early autumn can also cause injuries if the weather conditions have not been favorable to cold acclimation. Although cold acclimated conifers from northern regions can usually tolerate severe freezing temperatures, winter desiccation and decreased cold hardiness due to unseasonable warm spells can cause injuries to conifer tissues during mid-winter and early spring. Thus, there are occasions when even the hardiest conifer species in the northern boreal forests experience injury of some sort.

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    Marja-Liisa Sutinen

  2. Division of Plant and Soil Sciences, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, 26506, USA

    Rajeev Arora

  3. Appalachian Fruit Research Station, USDA - Agriculture Research Service, Kearneysville, WV, 25430, USA

    Michael Wisniewski

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Sutinen, ML., Arora, R., Wisniewski, M., Ashworth, E., Strimbeck, R., Palta, J. (2001). Mechanisms of Frost Survival and Freeze-Damage in Nature. In: Bigras, F.J., Colombo, S.J. (eds) Conifer Cold Hardiness. Tree Physiology, vol 1. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9650-3_4

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