Ice Nucleation and Freezing Consequences in Perennial Plants
Lia Lamacque, Nicolas Dusart, Pierre Amato, Katline Charra‐Vaskou, Stephen Ingram, Anna Lintunen, Cindy E. Morris, Gilbert Neuner, Matthias Stegner, Guillaume Charrier · 2026
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Lia Lamacque, Nicolas Dusart, Pierre Amato, and seven colleagues review, published in 2026, where ice first forms inside long-lived plants and why the spot matters. Ice outside the cells can protect them: it draws water out, concentrates the cell sap, and lowers the point at which the inside would freeze. But heavy drying can tear the cell membrane and kill the tissue. Where ice starts depends on the tissue, its growth stage, and what seeded the crystal. The review traces those starting agents and the paths ice then spreads along.
The authors fault lab studies for missing the mess of real fields and forests. They call for mixed teams of physicists, biologists, and field scientists on the problem. A practical workflow closes the paper, meant to guide new researchers into plant freezing work. Better maps of ice birth should sharpen forecasts of frost damage as winters warm unevenly.
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| CREATOR | Lia Lamacque, Nicolas Dusart, Pierre Amato, Katline Charra‐Vaskou, Stephen Ingram, Anna Lintunen, Cindy E. Morris, Gilbert Neuner, Matthias Stegner, Guillaume Charrier |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 63 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |