Sulfhydryls—a new factor in frost resistance. II. Relation between sulfhydryls & relative resistance of 15 wheat varieties
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- 1 September 1961
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Plant Physiology
- Vol. 36 (5) , 617-620
- https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.36.5.617
Abstract
In nearly all the 15 wheat varieties forming a series of decreasing frost hardiness, the SH content of the homogenate or the supernatant liquid was directly related to frost hardiness. When the varieties failed to become frost hardy, they also failed to show the above differences in SH content. The relation between SH content and frost hardiness was obtained both when the seedlings were in the 3-leaf stage and when in the coleoptile to 1-leaf stage. Other tests (e.g., cell sap concentration) failed to show a correlation with frost hardiness leading to the conclusion that SH must be a primary factor in frost hardiness.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit: