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Chilling Injury of Crops of Temperate Origin

1982; American Society for Horticultural Science; Volume: 17; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.21273/hortsci.17.2.165

2327-9834

William J. Bramlage,

Tree Root and Stability Studies

Abstract We expect that a plant of tropical or subtropical origin is chilling sensitive. A corollary might be that a plant not of tropical or subtropical origin is not chilling sensitive. Although there are exceptions to such a corollary, which I shall be describing, this evolutionary distinction is largely true because even those temperate crops that are chilling sensitive have developed survival mechanisms to circumvent this genetic liability.