Temperature is an important driver for cold acclimation in garden roses

Low Temperature Tolerance of Peach Flower Buds and Shoot Tissues Is Differentially Influenced by Freezing and High Temperature Exposure

“…In many fruit tree species, the onset of cold tolerance begins with the environmental signals of shortening daylength and cold temperature (Howell and Weiser 1970). Additional hardiness develops after exposure to freezing temperatures (Andrews and Proebsting 1987;Howell and Weiser 1970;Minas and Sterle 2020;Ouyang et al 2022;Szalay et al 2010) without which the hardiness needed to tolerate sudden or severe decreases in temperature may not occur. Changing climates have increased the frequency of prolonged periods of high temperature in the fall and are predicted to delay the timing of the first frost by as much as 16 d by 2040 (Rochette et al 2004).…”