biologia plantarum

International journal on Plant Life established by Bohumil Nìmec in 1959

Biologia plantarum 59:382-388, 2015 | DOI: 10.1007/s10535-015-0488-z

Effects of acclimation and pretreatment with abscisic acid or salicylic acid on tolerance of Trigonobalanus doichangensis to extreme temperatures

Y. L. Zheng1, W. Q. Li2,*, W. B. Sun3
1 Key Laboratory of Biodiversity Conservation in Southwest China, State Forestry Administration, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming, P.R. China
2 The Germplasm Bank of Wild Species, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, P.R. China
3 Kunming Botanical Garden, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, P.R. China

The effects of acclimation to cold (4 °C) and heat (36/38/40 °C) on corresponding freezing and heat tolerances of one-year-old Trigonobalanus doichangensis seedlings were studied. In addition, the effects of abscisic acid (ABA) and salicylic acid (SA) pretreatments on the tolerance of this species to temperature extremes were tested. The results show that the content of soluble sugars increased with the duration of acclimation to cold (4 °C), and the relative electrical conductivity and malondialdehyde content increased significantly after 7 d; however, the content of proline did not vary significantly. After acclimation to cold for 3 and 7 d, the semilethal low temperature (LLT50) was 0.8 and 1.1 °C lower, respectively, compared with that of the control. The maximum quantum yield of photosystem II (measured as variable to maximum fluorescence ratio, Fv/Fm) decreased significantly after freezing treatments (-4 to -8 °C), however, less when the plants were pretreated with 1-100 mg dm-3 ABA. Acclimation to heat did not increase the semilethal high temperature (LHT50). A low concentration (1 mg dm-3) of SA increased LHT50, but medium and high concentrations (10 and 100 mg dm-3) decreased it. Fv/Fm decreased significantly after a heat shock (45-54 °C). The pretreatment with 1-50 mg dm-3 SA ameliorated a subsequent heat (48 °C) stress.

Keywords: cold stress; heat stress; plant hormones; semilethal temperature
Subjects: acclimation; abscisic acid; salicylic acid; temperature - low; temperature - high; malondialdehyde; proline; sugars; electrolyte leakage; chlorophyll a fluorescence

Received: May 11, 2014; Revised: July 16, 2014; Accepted: July 17, 2014; Published: June 1, 2015  Show citation

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Zheng, Y.L., Li, W.Q., & Sun, W.B. (2015). Effects of acclimation and pretreatment with abscisic acid or salicylic acid on tolerance of Trigonobalanus doichangensis to extreme temperatures. Biologia plantarum, 59(2), 382-388. doi: 10.1007/s10535-015-0488-z
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