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Factors Affecting Ice Nucleation in Plant Tissues

Author(s) -

Edward N. Ashworth,

Glen Davis,

Jeffrey A. Anderson

Publication year - 1985

Publication title -

plant physiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.554

H-Index - 312

eISSN - 1532-2548

pISSN - 0032-0889

DOI - 10.1104/pp.79.4.1033

Subject(s) - ice nucleus , nucleation , supercooling , botany , ice formation , chemistry , materials science , horticulture , biology , atmospheric sciences , geology , meteorology , physics , organic chemistry

Factors affecting the ice nucleation temperature of plants and plant tissues were examined. The mass of a sample had a marked effect on ice nucleation temperature. Small tissue samples supercooled to -10 degrees C and were not accurate predictors of the nucleation temperature of intact plants in either laboratory or field experiments. This effect was not unique to plant tissues and was observed in autoclaved and control soil samples. Ice nucleation temperatures of bean, corn, cotton, and soybean seedlings were influenced by the length of subzero exposure, presence of ice nucleation active bacteria, and leaf surface wetness. The number of factors influencing ice nucleation temperature suggested that predicting the freezing behavior of plants in the field will be complex.

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