Freezing of Plant Tissues3
- 1 October 1955
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Experimental Botany
- Vol. 6 (3) , 384-391
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/6.3.384
Abstract
The freezing of plant cells under the microscope was studied on three types of tissues: Tradescantia staminal hairs, fruit skin, and moss leaf. Cinemicrography was used to record stages in the freezing processes, which are otherwise un observable. The following phenomena have been demonstrated and discussed: (1) The protective effect of persistent supercooling. (2) Ice-inoculation of cells and factors affecting it. (3) Sequence of ice formation within cells. (4) Modes of ice formation as affected by supercooling. (5) Freezing of cell walls and their longitudinal splitting.Keywords
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