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Chill unit models and recent changes in the occurance of Winter chill and Spring frost in the United Kingdom

Sunley, R. J., Atkinson, C. J., and Jones, H. G. Journal of Horticultural Science and Biotechnology 81(6):949-958. 2006.

Following concern that a trend towards milder Winters may have a detrimental impact on bud break and fruit quality,we have investigated the choice of existing chill accumulation model that best explains year-to-year differences in the spread in flowering date in soft fruit, and have characterised the changes in Winter chill that have occurred in recent decades in the UK.


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Author(s): R. J. Sunley, Christopher J. Atkinson, H. G. Jones

Section: Seedling Physiology and Morphology