title: [Cold hardiness of Pinus ponderosa, P. banksian and P. tabulaeformis].
abstract: By the method of artificial freezing, this paper made a comparative study on the cold hardiness of Pinus ponderosa, P. banksiana and P. tabulaeformis, with their inherent mechanisms approached. The results showed that the cold hardiness of these three species was in the sequence of P. banksiana > P. tabulaeformis > P. ponderosa. P. banksiana had high bound water/free water ratio (7.0) and ABA content (164.3 microg x g(-1) FW) but low K+ (2450 microg x g(-1) DW) and soluble sugar (12.0%) , P. tabulaeformis had higher contents of ABA (95.8 microg x g(-1) FW), K+ (4538 microg x g(-1) DW) and soluble sugar (18.68%) but low bound water/free water ratio (2.58), while P. ponderosa had high soluble sugar content (18.05%) but low bound water/free water ratio (2.18) and K+ (2275 microg x g(-1) DW) and ABA (63.3 microg x g(-1) FW) contents. These differences might be the reasons resulting in the different cold hardiness of these three species. Low chlorophyll content and high carotenoid/chlorophyll ratio might also contribute to the cold hardiness of P. banksiana. Therefore, though the test species are all of cold hardiness, their inherent mechanisms may be different.
authors.affiliation: College of Life Science, Northwest Sci-Tech University of Agriculture and Forestry, Yangling 712100, China. gongyh01@163.com
authors.forename: Yuehua
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Gong
authors.forename: Yongxue
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Junfeng
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fan
authors.forename: Yingzhou
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Kejia
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Pang
mesh_terms: D000222:Adaptation, Physiological; D003081:Cold Climate; D003080:Cold Temperature; D028223:Pinus / Q000145:classification* / Q000502:physiology*; D041604:Pinus ponderosa / Q000502:physiology*