| Abstract: | Low-temperature injury in both winter and spring has been a problem for the Okanagan orchard industry since its beginning. The nature and history of low-temperature injury are described, and the response of the orchard industry is assessed. Three types of coping mechanisms are discussed: modifying the hazard, modifying the loss potential, and adjusting to the loss. Although or chardists are aware of the low-temperature hazard, they do not feel strongly threatened by it and believe that they have modified the hazard and loss potential to a point where they can, with institutional assistance, adjust to the level of losses they experience. |
