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IN previous communications1–3, I have reported that the increase of sugar content in a plant cell increases its frost hardiness, and that polyhydric alcohols, especially ethylene glycol and glycerol, also show the same protective action as glucose and sucrose against freezing injury in Gardenia leaf cells.
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SAKAI, A. Effect of Polyhydric Alcohols to Frost Hardiness in Plants. Nature 189, 416–417 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1038/189416a0
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