In zones with a seasonal climate, plants undergo periodic transition from a lower to a higher
level of resistance. All categories of frost resistance are affected, the tolerance to equilibrium …

Low temperature represents, together with drought and salt stress, one of the most important
environmental constraints limiting the pro ductivity and the distribution of plants on the Earth …

Light frost devastates the economic value of citrus and cauliflower, yet dwarf willow and
tussock grass survive sub-artic and sub-Antartic winters. Evolution has molded them to their …

More than one thousand papers from 1838 to 1987, in six languages, were put together for
the publication of this profound monography on the frost survival of plants. This would not …

Plants which grow or overwinter in the temperate latitudes must be able to survive the sub-
zero temperatures of winter. Defence strategies have evolved and include either avoidance …

This chapter addresses the key issues related to susceptibility and resistance in agronomic
species as well as wild species that are native to temperate, high‐latitude, and high‐altitude …

6. Frost Resistance in Plants Page 1 6. Frost Resistance in Plants 6.1 Genetic Variation in Frost
Resistance Frost resistance is a genetically determined physiological trait which is expressed …

Survival capacity, ie the ability of a plant to withstand adverse weather conditions (Larcher
1973), is a highly complex phenomenon. Although frost survival capacity depends primarily …

The primary goal of the contemporary studies on plant acclimation to cold is to understand
molecular mechanisms which allow plants to survive freezing stress. However, it has been …

Characterizing and understanding how plants adapt and acclimate to freezing temperatures
during various parts of their life cycle has been the subject of study since the latter part of the …