Microsprinkler Irrigation for Cold Protection of Florida Citrus by Lawrence R. Parsons, Brian J. Boman

“… Millions of boxes of fruit and thousands of acres of citrus trees have been lost in freezes and frosts. Oranges are usually damaged when the fruit are exposed to temperatures of 28°F or lower for 4 hours or more. …”
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EFFECT OF SAMPLING CONDITIONS ON THE RESULTS OF THE RADON-222 SPECIFIC ACTIVITY ANALYSIS IN DRINKING WATER WITH GAMMA/SPECTROMETRY by Vladimir S. Semenishchev, Anna V. Voronina, Svetlana M. Titova, Lyubov A. Tomashova

“…At the same time, the sample acidulation with nitric acid to pH = 1,2–2,5 and a sample single frosting/defrosting cycle did not result in statistically reliable distinction of the result from that of the reference sample.…”

1600 AD Huaynaputina Eruption (Peru), Abrupt Cooling, and Epidemics in China and Korea by Jie Fei, David D. Zhang, Harry F. Lee

“…These records manifested themselves in unseasonably cold weather resulting in severe killing frosts in northern China in the summer and autumn of 1601 AD. …”
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NATURAL ICE MOUNDS OF THE MIDDLE AND SOUTHERN SAKHALIN MUDFLOW BASINS by Svetlana V. Rybalchenko, Konstantin V. Verkhovov

“…The article deals with the ice mounds formation processes in the mudflow basins. Small natural frosts are widespread on the territory of Middle and Southern Sakhalin within the slope and small valley debris flow basins, along with dangerous slope exogenous processes (debris flows, landslides, erosion, etc.), often having a paragenetic nature of the current. …”

2020 Cool-Season Forage Variety Recommendations for Florida by A. R. Blount, M. Wallau, E. Rios, J. M. B. Vendramini, J. C. B. Dubeux, Md. A. Babar, K. E. Kenworthy, M. J. Mulvaney, K. H. Quesenberry

“… Perennial warm-season pasture grasses used in Florida become dormant in late fall and winter because of short days, cooler temperatures, and frosts. Many livestock producers may choose to establish cool-season annual pasture species to supplement their forage production. …”
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2020 Cool-Season Forage Variety Recommendations for Florida by A. R. Blount, M. Wallau, E. Rios, J. M. B. Vendramini, J. C. B. Dubeux, Md. A. Babar, K. E. Kenworthy, M. J. Mulvaney, K. H. Quesenberry

“… Perennial warm-season pasture grasses used in Florida become dormant in late fall and winter because of short days, cooler temperatures, and frosts. Many livestock producers may choose to establish cool-season annual pasture species to supplement their forage production. …”
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HISTORY AND RESULTS OF THE INTRODUCTION OF PALMS (ARECACEAE C.H. SCHULTZ) ON THE SOUTHERN COAST OF THE CRIMEA by A. P. Maksimov, Yu. V. Plugata, V. P. Koba, A. F. Khromov

“…Long-term  observations on the experimental plants with an assessment of their  prospects according to a frosting scale during severe winters and  biometric measurements of their habit by instrumental methods  have been conducted. …”
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Evaporative Cracking Characteristics of the Embankment Soil Affected by the Saline Concentration by Jiawei Liu, Yingzhi Xia, Hui Li, Guoping Hu, Mingming Hu

“…Embankment soil affected by saline can not only cause roadbed settlement, frosting, and road cracks but also cause corrosion and cracking of roadbed pipelines, which seriously affects the stability of the road. …”
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Yield components in new pear cultivars and breeding forms in the Middle Urals by G. N. Tarasova

“….), ‘Sultan’, and breeding form DL-33-307 were found to possess resistance of flowers to late spring frosts. Cvs. ‘Letnyaya zolotistaya’, ‘Berezhenaya’ (ref.) and ‘Sultan’ were early-fruiting; cvs. …”
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Thrips dynamics in Allium crops: Unraveling the role of reproductive mode and weather variables in Thrips tabaci population development. by Bettina Porta, Ben Vosman, Pablo González Barrios, Richard G F Visser, Guillermo A Galván, Olga E Scholten

“…Changes in the relative frequency of each reproductive mode in populations are associated with weather variables: precipitation, temperature, number of frosts, and relative humidity. Heteroplasmy frequency was associated with the same weather variables except temperature. …”
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Assessment of adaptability and fruit quality in new apple cultivars for intensive orchards by N. G. Krasova, Z. E. Ozherelieva, A. M. Galasheva, M. A. Makarkina, M. V. Lupin

“…Simulating damaging factors helped to identify good resistance of tissues and buds of domestically bred apple cultivars to early winter frosts. These cultivars survived a temperature decrease to –30°C without damage in early winter and without significant damage (no more than 2.0 pts) at –40°C in midwinter, including the scab-immune (Rvi6) cultivars ‘Ivanovskoye’ and ‘Pamyat Hitrovo’, and immune triploids (3×) ‘Aleksandr Boyko’, ‘Akademik Saveliev’ and ‘Vavilovskoye’. …”
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Development and Characterization of Chitosan Nanoparticles Loaded with Amoxicillin as Advanced Drug Delivery Systems against Streptococcus Mutans by Abdullah J Jasem, Maha A Mahmood

“…Rough colonies had a rough or frosted glass surface. Samples treated with chitosan, carboxymethyl chitosan, chitosan nanoparticles, and their nanocomposite containing antibiotics (Amoxicillin) stymied the growth of Streptococcus mutans. …”
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Genetic potential of quality in spring bread wheat cultivars bred at Kurgan agricultural research institute by A. I. Abugalieva, L. T. Maltsevа, E. A. Filippova, A. I. Morgunov, Y. I. Zelensky, J. Peña

“…For the Trans-Urals, characterized by unstable climate over the years (alternating droughty and excessively moist years, recurrences of colds in spring, possibility of early frosts, etc.), grain quality is a prioritized genetic trait in spring bread wheat cultivars. …”
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Composition of the collection of wild apple-tree species and its prospects for use in breeding by O. N. Barsukova

“…In addition, the task of developing late flowering cultivars is quite urgent because in recent years late spring frosts have become more and more frequent and caused significant damage to the yield of apple-trees and other fruit crops. …”
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