Researchers at UBC Okanagan are working to learn more about how sweet cherry trees naturally protect their buds from freezing ...

Dr. Elizabeth Houghton recently graduated from the Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science’s Department of Biology. Her latest ...

Cold weather, particularly frost, causes the water in plant cells to freeze, damaging the cell wall. Frost-damaged plants are easy to spot, their growth becomes limp, blackened and distorted.

Biostimulant-treated plants often resume normal physiological processes more quickly, translating into healthier fruit set ...

Researchers at UBCO are investigating how sweet cherry flower buds survive freezing temperatures in winter orchards.

Freezing temperatures cause plant cells to burst as ice crystals form, according to Clemson Cooperative Extension. Temperatures above 32 degrees can be low enough to damage or kill many tropical ...