[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] The Missouri Gravel Bed (MGB) is a system that uses pea gravel with 10% sand (v/v) as a root growth medium, allowing bare root plants to be removed from the gravel and planted...

and different tissues. This paper studies the effects of cold weather on plant tissue, specifically concerning tissue death and the preventative measures that have been taken in the past and could be taken in the future. It is focused on Missouri apples, peaches...

, desiccation, freezing, wounding, electricity, warm baths, nutrient salt solutions, radium, etc.... The rest period of the plants has in a large number of cases, been much shortened and in some cases even entirely eliminated. The use of these agents in breaking...