Method for enhanced supercooling of plants to provide frost protection.

摘要

In one embodiment, the present invention relates to a method for enhancing supercooling of a plant to temperatures below about -2° C., involving preventing the formation of ice crystals adjacent the plant by forming a substantially continuous hydrophobic membrane of particulate materials on portions of the plant capable of supporting droplets of water, the particulate material having a particle size distribution wherein up to about 90% by weight of the particles have a particle size of about 100 mum or less, and the substantially continuous hydrophobic membrane has a thickness from about 1 mum to about 1,000 mum.