ACTA AGRICULTURAE BOREALI-SINICA ›› 2011, Vol. 26 ›› Issue (6): 129-135. doi: 10.7668/hbnxb.2011.06.025

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Response of Ultrastructure and Ca2+Distribution to Low Temperature in Leaves of Cabbage Seedlings

ZENG Ai-song1, YAN Ji-yong1, SONG Li-xiao1, GAO Bing1, FENG Cui2   

  1. 1. Institute of Vegetable Crops, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing 210014, China;
    2. College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural Univerisity, Nanjing 210095, China
  • Received:2011-09-20 Published:2011-12-28

Abstract: The objective of the study is to investigate the effects of low temperature stress on the leaf ultrastructure and Ca2+distribution of various cabbage varieties,and to find the different response mechanisms between them. The seedlings were treated separately under adverse temperature conditions in growth chambers,and the effects on cell ultrastructure and Ca2+distribution of cabbage leaves under low temperature stress were studied,and various cabbage varieties was compared. Under 5℃ cold stress,most leaf cell organelles of cabbage were not injured and orderly arranged. This sugGested that both cabbage varieties adapted to 5℃ cold stress. Under-3℃ cold stress, the ultrastructure of leaf cell in cold-resistant lines had little destructiveness,whereas, the grana lamella of leaf cell in cold-sensitive lines were disorganized and mitochondrion's cristae could not be found. Under optimum temperature (25 /18℃) conditions,calcium antimonite deposits,which indicates calcium distribution,were mainly localized in vacuoles and intercellular space, and few was found in cell wall or nucleus. At controlled temperature of-3℃ for 24 h, an elevation of Ca2+level in the cytosol and nucleus was observed in two varieties,wheas the cold-sensitive lines had few than cold-resistant lines. By chilling up to 48 and 72 h, the intracellular Ca2+concentration had been restored to a similar low level as the status as treatment before. On the contrary, the Ca2+concentration of the cold-sensitive variety increased continuously to the maximal level within the whole range of temperature changes. This study indicated that there were distinctive differences between the cabbage species in cell ultrastructure and Ca2+distribution, It could be seen that cabbage cold-hardiness was related to the changes in cell ultrastructure and Ca2+distribution.

Key words: Cold temperature, Cabbage, Cell ultrastructure, Ca2+distribution

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ZENG Ai-song, YAN Ji-yong, SONG Li-xiao, GAO Bing, FENG Cui. Response of Ultrastructure and Ca2+Distribution to Low Temperature in Leaves of Cabbage Seedlings[J]. ACTA AGRICULTURAE BOREALI-SINICA, 2011, 26(6): 129-135. doi: 10.7668/hbnxb.2011.06.025.

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