Changes in Frost Hardiness of Stem Cortical Tissues of Cornus stolonifera Michx. after Recovery from Water Stress 1
AUTOR(ES)
Parsons, Lawrence R.
RESUMO
Moderate water stress increases frost hardiness in many woody plants but little attention has been given to changes in hardiness after recovery from water stress. Tests were carried out to examine how much water stress-induced frost hardiness remained when plants were rewatered under different day length regimes. Red osier dogwood plants (Cornus stolonifera Michx.) were water-stressed at normal growing temperatures in long day (LD) or short day (SD) conditions, exposed to 6 nights of freezing temperatures, and then returned to normal growing conditions with full water supply. Water-stressed plants gained an additional 8 to 10 C of hardiness. The amount of freeze-induced hardiness in both stressed and control plants was not significant (approximately 2 C) and was not affected by photoperiod. When plants were kept in or transferred to LD, they lost nearly all of their water stress-induced hardiness within 7 days after rewatering. Water-stressed plants in SD lost the least amount of hardiness (5 C) when rewatered. In dogwood, water stress is an effective way to increase hardiness temporarily, but the photoperiod has a large effect on the retention of the acquired hardiness.
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