The study of investigating frost injury risk factors of pomegranate and relative countermeasures in Zaozhuang

Abstract: Freezing injury is a natural disaster which bring seriously harms to the healthy development ofpomegranate industry in Zaozhuang and even North china. With the increasing frequency of extreme coldweather in North China，the freezing injury of pomegranate is becoming more and more serious. The current genetic resources study shows that Zaozhuang pomegranate disaster risk factors including meteorolog⁃ical factors，risk factors，the difference of terrain，and disease risk factor. Through the timely rescue ofpomegranate germplasm resources，the latest progress of the effective measures to prevent frost damage issummedup. Meanwhile，the existing pomegranate antifreeze technology are discussed. It provides ideasand suggestions for restoring the healthy development of pomegranate industry in frost disaster areas.