Plant Temperature Stress

Hidenori Hayashi, Ehime University, Matsuyama, Japan

Published online: April 2001

DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0001320

Plant temperature stress is defined as any drop or rise in temperature that causes reversible or irreversible inactivation of physiological processes or lethal injury in plants.

Keywords: high temperature; low temperature; freezing; chilling; heat shock

 References
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Plant Cell Growth | Plant Genetics and Molecular Biology | Plant Stress Physiology | Protein Folding, Evolution and Degradation
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Hayashi, Hidenori(Apr 2001) Plant Temperature Stress. In: eLS. John Wiley & Sons Ltd, Chichester. http://www.els.net [doi: 10.1038/npg.els.0001320]