Climate risk · Rationale

Frost

Cold stress characterised by the occurrence of air or surface temperatures at or below the freezing point of water, capable of damaging plant tissues and reducing crop yields.

Definition source: AGROVOC: frost (WMO definition)

Synonyms

freeze, freezing injury

Broader

Cold stress

Narrower

none

Counts as adaptation

Always (adaptation-specific).

Provenance

Domain expert

Identifier

CRK_109 · https://mlolita26.github.io/cgiar-climate-taxonomy/terms/CRK_109
(planned permanent identifier: https://w3id.org/cgiar/climate-taxonomy/CRK_109)