[apple-crop] "Father of 1-MCP"

2016-02-18 Thread David A. Rosenberger
A colleague at NC State, Dr. David Ritchie, passed along the following info that I thought would be of interest to the group. Ed Sisler, "the father of 1-MCP” , died recently. https://biochem.ncsu.edu/images/highlight/2006%20Father%20of%201-MCP.pdf

Re: [apple-crop] wind chill

2016-02-18 Thread Glen Koehler
Hi Art Plants respond to ambient temperature and unlike warm blooded animals do not create their own. So wind chill does not affect them. Wind x temperature could have an effect on moisture relations within the plant, but I think that is not a major issue. At least that's my understanding of

Re: [apple-crop] wind chill

2016-02-18 Thread Jon Clements
I found this explanation on Wikipedia to be most informative: The effect of wind chill is to increase the rate of heat loss and reduce any warmer objects to the ambient temperature more quickly. Dry air cannot, however, reduce the temperature of these objects below the ambient temperature, no