Studies on the Chemistry of the Living Bark of the Black Locust in Relation to Its Frost Hardiness. III. The Validity of Plasmolysis and Desiccation Tests for Determining the Frost Hardiness of Bark Tissue
- 1 January 1953
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Plant Physiology
- Vol. 28 (1) , 15-34
- https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.28.1.15
Abstract
The validity of the use of plasmolysis and desiccation tests for estimating the resistance of the bark tissue of the black locust to injury by extracellular freezing was examined and established by comparison of such tests with actual freezing tests performed under natural and standardized laboratory conditions. Current concepts of the mechanism of frost injury to plants are discussed in relation to the use of these dehydration tests for estimating the relative frost-hardiness of plant tissues.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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