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A Technique of Freezing Plant Crowns to Determine the Cold Resistance of Winter Oats 1
Author(s) -
Marshall H. G.
Publication year - 1965
Publication title -
crop science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.76
H-Index - 147
eISSN - 1435-0653
pISSN - 0011-183X
DOI - 10.2135/cropsci1965.0011183x000500010024x
Subject(s) - agricultural experiment station , crop , resistance (ecology) , agriculture , citation , library science , agricultural science , horticulture , agronomy , agricultural economics , biology , geography , computer science , economics , archaeology
WINTER hardiness of oats (Avena saliva L. and A. byzantina C. Koch.) is a complex charac te r i s t ic conditioned by many genes, and winter survival reflects the ability of a plant to withstand stresses caused by factors such as low temperature, disease, drought, dessication, heaving, prolonged snow cover, or interactions thereof. Because of the undependable nature of winter-killing and the high experimental error in field testing, the breeder generally must depend on the average performance of lines and varieties over a range of environments to determine winter