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An Adaptive Response of Rye to Freezing 1
Author(s) -
Olien C. R.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
crop science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.76
H-Index - 147
eISSN - 1435-0653
pISSN - 0011-183X
DOI - 10.2135/cropsci1984.0011183x002400010012x
Subject(s) - secale , intracellular , biology , hordeum vulgare , hordeum , isotonic , protoplast , botany , sucrose , biophysics , zoology , horticulture , poaceae , biochemistry , medicine
An increase in intercellular solute of crown tissue was induced by keeping hardened plants frozen at −3°C for 24 h. This environmental condition commonly occurs because of temperature stabilization from latent heat released as soil water freezes. The amount of intercellular solute in crown tissues was estimated from the concentration of liquid that, when perfused through the plant crown at 1°C, was found, by successive approximations, to be isotonic with the intercellular liquid. The intercellular content of ‘Rosen’ rye ( Secale cereale L.) increased by factor of 3.0 to 3.5 when frozen 24 h at −3°C; then at 1°C, the concentration gradually decreased to that of nonfrozen plants. Recovery occurred in less than 1 h at 25°C. The increase of intercellular solute content occurred as a function of time at −3°C. ‘Hudson’ barley ( Hordeum vulgare L.) which contains less intercellular solute than Rosen rye after freezing at −3°C, and Rosen rye in which the intercellular solute was reduced by flushing, were less hardy than Rosen rye tested with the normal 24‐h prefreeze at −3°C.