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We wish to utilize such places for screening chickpea germplasm for late frost
tolerance.
D. Keatinge
Ensure that future cooperators in frost tolerance present air temperatures
preceding the minimum temperature event to account for pre-conditoning
effects!
M.C. Saxena
Your point is quite valid. In fact, in the paper these data have been qualitatively
discussed.
G.C. Ilawtin
We have heard about the danger of late frost at the early flowering stage. I can
envisage a situation where early frosts, say in November or early December,
can also be important, i.e. plant growth may be occurring with high day time
temperature but sudden drops in temperature at night and frosts could be very
damagivg. Do we have any data on the probability of getting such early frosts?
K.B. Singh
We agree with your observations but unfortunately we do not have data on
frost occurrence in early winter. Such information would be useful, not only
from Syria but from th-oughout the region, where the crop is spring-sown with
a possibility of introducing winter sowing.
H. Harris
The occurrence of frost in the early part of the season has not yet been
examined, and we, therefore, have no information on the chance of frosts
occurring during the s;eedling stage of growth of autumn-sown crops.
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