Plant cold hardiness : from the laboratory to the field /

• Corporate Author: International Plant Cold Hardiness Seminar
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2009.
• Subjects: Plants > Effect of cold on.; Plant physiology.; Plant Breeding and Genetics.; Plant Physiology and Biochemistry.; Environmental Tolerance of Plants.; Molecular Biology and Molecular Genetics, (Discontinued March 2000, Reinstated and Revised June 2002); Plants.; Climatic change.; Cold hardening.; Cold stress.; Frost.; Frost resistance.; Genetic analysis.; Molecular genetics.; Photosynthesis.; Signal transduction.; Electronic books.
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This book is a collection of invited and selected papers on plant cold hardiness that were presented at the 8th International Plant Cold Hardiness Seminar (8IPCHS) hosted by the University of Saskatchewan in 3-9 August 2007. The collection of chapters in this book represent seeks to integrate the mo...

Table of Contents:

• Ice Nucleation, Propagation and Deep Supercooling : the Lost Tribes of Freezing Studies / M.E. Wisniewski, L.V. Gusta, M.P. Fuller and D. Karlson
• Low-temperature Damage to Wheat in Head : Matching Perceptions with Reality / M.P. Fuller, J. Christopher and T. Fredericks
• Freezing Behaviours in Plant Tissues : Visualization using NMR Micro-imaging and Biochemical Regulatory Factors Involved / M. Ishikawa, H. Ide, W.S. Price, Y. Arata, T. Nakamura and T. Kishimoto
• Factors Related to Change of Deep Supercooling Capability in Xylem Parenchyma Cells of Trees / S. Fujikawa, J. Kasuga, N. Takata and K. Arakawa
• Plant Cold-shock Domain Proteins : on the Tip of an Iceberg / D. Karlson, K. Nakaminami, K. Thompson, Y. Yang, V. Chaikam and P. Mulinti
• Expressional and Functional Characterization of Arabidopsis Cold-shock Domain Proteins / K. Sasaki, M.-H. Kim and R. Imai
• Plasma Membrane and Plant Freezing Tolerance : Possible Involvement of Plasma Membrane Microdomains in Cold Acclimation / A. Minami, Y. Kawamura, T. Yamazaki, A. Furuto and M. Uemura
• Global Expression of Cold-responsive Genes in Fruit Trees / C.L. Bassett and M.E. Wisniewski
• Could Ethanolic Fermentation During Cold Shock Be a Novel Plant Cold Stress Coping Strategy? / F. Kaplan, D.Y. Sung, D. Haskell, G.S. Riad, M. Popp, M. Amaya, A. LaBoon, Y. Kawamura, Y. Tominaga, J. Kopka, M. Uemura, K.-J. Lee, J.K. Brecht and C.L. Guy
• Bud Set : A Landmark of the Seasonal Growth Cycle in Poplar / A. Rohde
• An Epigenetic Memory from Time of Embryo Development Affects Climatic Adaptation in Norway Spruce / Ø. Johnsen, H. Kvaalen, I. Yakovlev, O.G. Dæhlen, C.G. Fossdal and T. Skrøppa
• The Influence of Temperature on Dormancy Induction and Plant Survival in Woody Plants / L. Kalcsits, S. Silim and K. Tanino
• Winter Hardiness and the CBF Genes in the Triticeae / E.J. Stockinger
• Regulation of Stress-responsive Signalling Pathways by Eudicot CBF/DREB1 Genes / A. Nassuth and M. Siddiqua
• Evolution of Plant Cold Hardiness and its Manifestation along the Latitudinal Gradient in the Canadian Arctic / J. Svoboda
• Ice Encasement Damage on Grass Crops and Alpine Plants in Iceland : Impact of Climate Change / B.E. Gudleifsson
• Impact of Simulated Acid Snow Stress on Leaves of Cold-acclimated Winter Wheat / K. Arakawa, H. Inada and S. Fujikawa
• Elevated Atmospheric CO2 Concentrations Enhance Vulnerability to Frost Damage in a Warming World / M.C. Ball and M.J. Hill
• The Occurrence of Winter-freeze Events in Fruit Crops Grown in the Okanagan Valley and the Potential Impact of Climate Change / H.A. Quamme, A.J. Cannon, D. Neilsen, J.M. Caprio and W.G. Taylor
• Cold Hardiness in Antarctic Vascular Plants / L.A. Bravo, L. Bascuñán-Godoy, E. Pérez-Torres and L.J. Corcuera
• Patterns of Freezing in Plants : the Influence of Species, Environment and Experiential Procedures / L.V. Gusta, M.E. Wisniewski and R.G. Trischuk
• Going to Extremes : Low-temperature Tolerance and Acclimation in Temperate and Boreal Conifers / G.R. Strimbeck and P.G. Schaberg
• The Rapid Cold-hardening Response in Insects : Ecological Significance and Physiological Mechanisms / M.A. Elnitsky and R.E. Lee, Jr
• Conifer Cold Hardiness, Climate Change and the Likely Effects of Warmer Temperatures on Photosynthesis / I. Ensminger, N.P.A. Hüner and F. Busch
• Chemical Genetics Identifies New Chilling Stress Determinants in Arabidopsis / J. Einset
• Analysis of the Ascorbate Antioxidant Pathway in Overwintering Populations of Lucerne (Medicago sativa L.) of Contrasting Freezing Tolerance / A. Bertrand, Y. Castonguay, S. Laberge, J. Cloutier and R. Michaud
• Identification of Proteins from Potato Leaves Submitted to Chilling Temperature / J. Renaut, S. Planchon, M. Oufir, J.-F. Hausman, L. Hoffmann and D. Evers
• Genomics of Cold Hardiness in Forest Trees / J. Holliday.