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The relation between membrane lipid phase separation and frost tolerance of cereals and other cool climate plant species
Author(s) -
HARVEY G. W.,
GUPTA L. Y.,
FORK D. C.,
BERRY J. A.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
plant, cell and environment
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.646
H-Index - 200
eISSN - 1365-3040
pISSN - 0140-7791
DOI - 10.1111/1365-3040.ep11572449
Subject(s) - frost (temperature) , membrane , perennial plant , freezing tolerance , phase (matter) , botany , chemistry , biology , materials science , biochemistry , organic chemistry , gene , composite material
. The temperatures at which liposomes prepared from membrane phospholipids begin to phase separate were compared to the temperatures at which intact plants were damaged. Woody perennials tolerated temperatures below which their membrane phospholipids began to phase separate. By contrast, rye and wheat seedlings were damaged about 25°C above their phase separation temperature. Differences in tolerance among cultivars pre‐hardened to frost were reflected by changes of the phase separation temperature. The results support the notion that alterations in membrane lipid composition are associated with frost hardening. A correlation between the temperature of phase separation and frost tolerance suggests that lipid properties may influence freezing tolerance of cereals; however, the lethal event is apparently not phase separation of the membrane phospholipids.