FREEZING-INJURY AND ROOT DEVELOPMENT IN WINTER CEREALS
FREEZING-INJURY AND ROOT DEVELOPMENT IN WINTER CEREALS
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DOI:
10.1104/pp.73.3.773
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发表时间:
1983-01-01
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影响因子:
7.4
通讯作者:
FOWLER, DB
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作者:
CHEN, THH;GUSTA, LV;FOWLER, DB
Upon exposure to 2°C, the leaves and crowns of rye (Secale cerealeL. cv `Puma') and wheat (Triticum aestivumL. cv `Norstar' and `Cappelle') increased in cold hardiness, whereas little change in root cold hardiness was observed. Both root and shoot growth were severely reduced in cold-hardened Norstar wheat plants frozen to −11°C or lower and transplanted to soil. In contrast, shoot growth of plants grown in a nutrient agar medium and subjected to the same hardening and freezing conditions was not affected by freezing temperatures of −20°C while root growth was reduced at −15°C. Thus, it was apparent that lack of root development limited the ability of plants to survive freezing under natural conditions.Generally, the temperatures at which 50% of the plants were killed as determined by the conductivity method were lower than those obtained by regrowth. A simple explanation for this difference is that the majority of cells in the crown are still alive while a small portion of the cells which are critical for regrowth are injured or killed.Suspension cultures of Norstar wheat grown in B-5 liquid medium supplemented with 3 milligrams per liter of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid could be cold hardened to the same levels as soil growth plants. These cultures produce roots when transferred to the same growth medium supplemented with a low rate of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (<1 milligram per liter). When frozen to −15°C regrowth of cultures was 50% of the control, whereas the percentage of calli with root development was reduced 50% in cultures frozen to −11°C. These results suggest that freezing affects root morphogenesis rather than just killing the cells responsible for root regeneration.