PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - James A. Wolpert
AU  - Gordon S. Howell
TI  - Cold Acclimation of Concord Grapevines. II. Natural Acclimation Pattern and Tissue Moisture Decline in Canes and Primary Buds of Bearing Vines
AID  - 10.5344/ajev.1985.36.3.189
DP  - 1985 Jan 01
TA  - American Journal of Enology and Viticulture
PG  - 189--194
VI  - 36
IP  - 3
4099  - http://www.ajevonline.org/content/36/3/189.short
4100  - http://www.ajevonline.org/content/36/3/189.full
SO  - Am J Enol Vitic.1985 Jan 01; 36
AB  - Cold acclimation of cane and primary bud tissues of mature Concord grapevines (Vitis labruscana Bailey) was monitored under field conditions for two years, 1980 and 1981. Hardiness increased in a nearly linear fashion from early August until mid-November, except for primary buds in 1981, in which case a four-week plateau was observed. Greatest reductions in tissue water content occurred during the early portion of acclimation, through about mid-September. Basal cane and primary bud tissues acclimated earlier than apical tissues and an inverse relationship between hardiness and water content was noted. Most differences in water content and hardiness among node positions were not significant after mid-to late September in both years.