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Photochemical Response in 0-Year-Old and 1-Year-Old Needles of Picea glehnii during Cold Acclimation and Low Temperature

  • Bae, Jeong-Jin (Cryosphere Science Research Section, Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido Univ.) ;
  • Hara, Toshihiko (Cryosphere Science Research Section, Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido Univ.) ;
  • Choo, Yeon-Sik (Plant Ecophysiology Lab., Department of Biology, Kyungpook National Univ.)
  • Published : 2008.11.30
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Abstract

P. glehnii, an evergreen conifer found in northern areas, is known as a cold-resistant species. In this experiment, we measured the water content, PSⅡ efficiency, chlorophyll fluorescence, pigments of the xanthophyll-cycle and activity of enzymes of the ascorbate-glutathione cycle during cold acclimation and at subsequent low-temperature conditions to examine the importance of acclimation to cold tolerance. P. glehnii showed a decrease in PSⅡ efficiency (especially in Fv) during cold acclimation and at subsequent low temperatures. However, cold-acclimated needles showed higher PSⅡ efficiency at low temperatures than nonacclimated needles. In addition, 0-YON (first-year needles) showed an increase in $\beta$-carotene and lutein, while 1-YON (one-year-old needles) immediately developed an antioxidant mechanism in the ascorbate-gluthathione cycle as soon as they were exposed to low temperature and both 0-YON and 1-YON showed increased zeaxanthin and de-epoxidation ratios at continuous low temperature. Based on our results, we suggest that P. glehnii maintain PSⅡ efficiency at low temperature by effectively protecting the photosynthetic apparatus from photo-damage by rapid induction of an antioxidant mechanism in 1-YON and dissipation of excess energy by $\beta$-carotene and lutein in 0-YON.

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