Recently, a western white pine protein, Pin m III, was shown to be associated with overwintering and frost hardiness of western white pine foliage. To examine whether Pin m III is directly involved in frost hardiness by functioning as an antifreeze protein, work is underway to clone the gene encoding this protein and to assess the function of this gene in freezing tolerance by incorporating the...

Under the background of intensifying global change, frequent occurrence agrometeorological disasters has an adverse impact on social economy. Low-temperature weather in spring is one main Xinjiang. Studying spatial and temporal characteristics low temperatures Xinjiang great significance. However, research spatiotemporal variation frost arid areas currently lacking, which limits our understandi...

Temperate species of turtles hatch from eggs in late summer. The hatchlings of some species leave their natal nest to hibernate elsewhere on land or under water, whereas others usually remain inside the nest until spring; thus, post-hatching behavior strongly influences the hibernation ecology and physiology of this age class. Little is known about the habitats of and environmental conditions a...

Freeze injury is one of the main limiting factors to crop production and distribution of horticultural crops. Despite the numerous research efforts devoted to reduce freezing injury, it still accounts for greater losses of fruits and vegetables than any other environmental or biological hazard and the ultimate causes determining cold hardiness remain uncertain. In temperate climates, important ...

A detailed study of the distribution of egg masses of Homalodisca vitripennis (Germar) and H. liturata Ball was done across a 2-yr period (2001-2003) on six host plants in southern California (Marsh grapefruit, Lisbon lemon, Washington navel, Dancy tangerine, rough lemon, and jojoba in Riverside; jojoba in Desert Center). The majority of egg masses in Riverside belonged to H. vitripennis (84-10...

Information is highly scarce about the possible effect of a late spring frost on physiological response buds in ornamental trees. In this study, temperature Changchun at Northeast China was recorded to identify characteristics false by detecting extraordinary warming and sudden freeze early April 2017. Buds six local tree species were investigated for their dynamics biomass, non-structural carb...