Extreme low temperature tolerance in woody plants

• Published in: Frontiers in Plant Science
• Main Authors: Strimbeck, Richard, Schaberg, Paul G., Fossdal, Carl Gunnar, Schröder, Wolfgang, Kjellsen, Trygve Devold
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media 2016
• Subjects: Arctic; Fossdal
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2384210; https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2015.00884

Woody plants in boreal to arctic environments and high mountains survive prolonged exposure to temperatures below -40°C and minimum temperatures below -60°C, and laboratory tests show that many of these species can also survive immersion in liquid nitrogen at -196°C. Studies of biochemical changes t...