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  • Plant Physiology
  • Agricultural Engineering

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  • Tropical trees face cold injury in temperate climates, requiring costly greenhouse heating.
  • Conventional heating is energy-intensive and expensive for protecting sensitive crops.

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  • To evaluate root-zone heating as an alternative to whole-greenhouse heating for cold protection.
  • To assess the impact of root-zone heating on coffee tree physiology and survival during cold stress.

Main Methods:

  • Coffee trees were subjected to cold treatment with and without root-zone heating.
  • Leaf relative water content, defoliation, and photosynthetic parameters (CO2 assimilation, Fv/Fm, electron transport rates) were measured.

Main Results:

  • Root-zone heating maintained leaf relative water content above 90%, preventing wilting.
  • Defoliation was reduced by approximately 20% in heated treatments compared to controls.
  • Photosynthetic function recovered significantly in heated plants post-cold treatment.

Conclusions:

  • Root-zone heating is a viable strategy to mitigate cold injury in tropical trees.
  • This method preserves leaf water content, reduces defoliation, and supports photosynthetic recovery.
  • Root-zone heating offers a cost-effective and efficient alternative for cultivating tropical species in non-native climates.