Induction of Freezing Tolerance in Spinach during Cold Acclimation 1

AUTOR(ES)

Guy, Charles L.

RESUMO

Spinach (Spinacia oleracea L.) seedlings, grown in soil or on an agar medium in vitro, became cold acclimated when exposed to a constant 5°C. Plants subjected to cold acclimation, beginning 1 week postgermination, attained freezing tolerance levels similar to that achieved by seedlings that were cold acclimated beginning 3 weeks after sowing. Seedlings at 1 week of age had only cotyledonary leaves, while 3-week-old seedlings had developed true leaves. Plants grown in vitro were able to increase in freezing tolerance, but were slightly less hardy than soil-grown plants. These results suggest that spinach, a cool-season crop that begins growth in early spring when subzero temperatures are likely, can undergo cold acclimation at the earliest stages of development following germination. Axenic seedlings, grown in vitro, were used to develop a noninjurious radiolabeling technique. Leaf proteins were radiolabeled to specific activities of 105 counts per minute per microgram at 25°C or 5 × 104 counts per minute per microgram at 5°C over a 24 hour period. The ability to radiolabel leaf proteins of in vitro grown plants to high specific activities at low temperature, without injury or microbial contamination, will facilitate studies of cold acclimation.

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