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Metabolic and Cellular Impact of Ice Encasement on Herbage Plants

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In northern maritime areas, with high winter precipitation and unstable winter temperatures fluctuating around zero, thaw water and precipitation freeze to form an ice layer covering the ground, which is highly impermeable to gases. In this chapter the literature on the impact of ice encasement on the metabolism and cellular structure of herbaceous plants is reviewed. Plants encased in ice become anaerobic and accumulate metabolites such as carbon dioxide, ethanol, lactate and malate. These substances are potentially injurious to ice encased plants, especially the plasma membrane. The primary site of injury is the ion transport system, while the semipermeable properties of the lipid bilayer are also damaged at higher stress levels.

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  1. Mödruvellir Experimental Station, Agricultural Research Institute, IS-603, Oseyri 2, Akureyri, Iceland

    B. E. Gudleifsson

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  1. Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Bristol AFRC Institute of Arable Crops Research, Long Ashton Research Station, BS18 9AF, Bristol, UK

    Michael B. Jackson

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    Colin R. Black

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Gudleifsson, B.E. (1993). Metabolic and Cellular Impact of Ice Encasement on Herbage Plants. In: Jackson, M.B., Black, C.R. (eds) Interacting Stresses on Plants in a Changing Climate. NATO ASI Series, vol 16. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-78533-7_26

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