Ice nucleation activity in various tissues of Rhododendron flower buds: their relevance to extraorgan freezing

Wintering flower buds of cold hardy Rhododendron japonicum cooled slowly to subfreezing temperatures are known to undergo extraorgan freezing, whose mechanisms remain obscure. We revisited this material to demonstrate why bud scales freeze first in spite of their lower water content, why florets rem...

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Main Authors: Ishikawa, Masaya, Ishikawa, Mikiko, Toyomasu, Takayuki, Aoki, Takayuki, Price, William S.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4373250/