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- Author or Editor: Harold E. Moline x
- Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science x
Abstract
Intact plants of a green-leafed strain of Coleus blumei Benth. (PI 354190) were exposed to 5°C for 48 or 72 hr after pretreatment for 48 hr at two levels of photosynthetic photon flux (PPF) (8 or 320 μmol·s−1·m‒2) at two temperatures (13° or 20°). Plants were sprayed with two abscisic acid (ABA) levels (0 or 200 g·m‒3) either 0 or 48 hr before chilling. Postchilling condition of the plants was assessed by comparing the time courses of refreshed (cyclically excited and measured) delayed light emission (RDLE) and fluorescence (FLU) from dark-equilibrated leaves. Greater suppression of RDLE and FLU indicates greater injury. Plants pretreated at 8 μmol·s−1·m‒2 PPF showed less suppression of RDLE and FLU, contained more chlorophyll, and showed less injury than did plants pretreated at 320 μmol·s−1·m‒2 PPF. Increasing the duration of chilling from 48 to 72 hr reduced the maximum RDLE and FLU slightly. Pretreatment temperatures and ABA concentration had negligible effects on RDLE and FLU levels. The maximum RDLE, the RDLE level at 7.5 sec, the maximum FLU, the FLU at 1.5 sec, and variable FLU were the measurement variables most responsive to individual and combined treatment effects. Maximum RDLE from upper leaf surfaces was the measurement most responsive to the combined effects of all treatments. Chemical name used: [S-(Z,E)]-5-(1-hydroxy-2,6,6-trimethyl-4-oxo-2-cyclohexen-1-yl)-3-methyl-2,4-pentadienoic acid [abscisic acid (ABA)].