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Chilling Injury on Young Warm-season Vegetable Plants

April 10, 2019 - From Issue: 655

By: Wenjing Guan, Kranthi Varala and Tina Agarwal

Figure 1. Cucumbers start to wilt following a night average soil temperature was 58 °F

Chilling injury occurs when temperatures are above 32°F and below 55°F. The plant tissue becomes weakened that leads to cellular dysfunction. The most noticeable visual symptom of chilling injury is [Read More…]

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