Space and time dependence of temperature and freezing in evergreen leaves

Ball, Marilyn; Wolfe, Joe; Canny, Martin; Hofmann, M; Nicotra, Adrienne; Hughes, Dale

Space and time dependence of temperature and freezing in evergreen leaves

Date

2002

Authors

Ball, Marilyn

Wolfe, Joe

Canny, Martin

Hofmann, M

Nicotra, Adrienne

Hughes, Dale

Publisher

CSIRO Publishing

Abstract

Infrared video thermography was used to study space and time dependence of freezing in intact, attached leaves of snow gum (Eucalyptus pauciflora Sieb. ex Spreng.) seedlings. Freezing initiated in the midvein and spread through the apoplast at 10 mm s-1.