Ixodes uriae white (Ixodidae, Acarina) is the predominant tick on the Antarctic peninsula. This species has a circumpolar distribution in both tremispireres anO is associated with or known-.to. parasitize 4g species of seabirds r"rg. *loni"s of 1,000 or more individuals of all life stages w€re iound beneath rocks 6n the periphery of Ad6lie penguin rookeriesnear palmer station, Anven Island. AII...

Winter survival in woody plants is controlled by environmental and genetic factors that affect the plant's ability to cold acclimate. Because woody perennials are long-lived and often have a prolonged juvenile (pre-flowering) phase, it is conceivable that both chronological and physiological age factors influence adaptive traits such as stress tolerance. This study investigated annual cold hard...

Drosophila suzukii Matsumura, often called spotted wing drosophila, is an exotic vinegar fly that is native to Southeast Asia and was first detected in the continental United States in 2008. Previous modeling studies have suggested that D. suzukii might not survive in portions of the northern United States or southern Canada due to the effects of cold. As a result, we measured two aspects of in...

Alfalfa Mlledicago sativa L., is one of the most widely grown legumes in the northern areas of the United States and Canada. It provides an economical source of protein and other nutrients to all classes of livestock. TMany of the highly productive varieties are either killed or severely weakenedl by winter con(litionis in the northern areas. A better understandiIlg of the physiology and bioche...

Greenhouse-grown l-year-old sweet orange trees [Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck cv. Valencia] on cold-hardy trifoliate orange [Poncirus trifoliata (L.) Raf.] and cold-sensitive citron (C. medica L.) rootstocks were exposed to cold-acclimation conditions and freeze-tested at -6.7C for 4 hours in a temperature-programed walk-in freezer room. Nonhardened trees generally did not survive the freeze, whe...

Insects experience repeated cold exposure (RCE) on multiple time scales in natural environments, yet the majority of studies of the effects of cold on insects involve only a single exposure. Three broad groups of experimental designs have been employed to examine the effects of RCE on insect physiology and fitness, defined by the control treatments: 'RCE vs cold', which compares RCE with consta...

The lipid composition of the leaves of hardy Vernal and cold-sensitive Caliverde alfalfa plants, grown at different temperatures, was determined. Phosphatidyl glycerol, phosphatidyl inositol, and the sulfolipid content were directly related to growth temperature. Mono- and digalactose diglyceride and phosphatidyl choline and ethanolamine were inversely related to temperature. At corresponding g...

To gain insight into the molecular basis contributing to overwintering hardiness, a comprehensive proteomic analysis comparing crowns of octoploid strawberry (Fragaria × ananassa) cultivars that differ in freezing tolerance was conducted. Four cultivars were examined for freeze tolerance and the most cold-tolerant cultivar ('Jonsok') and least-tolerant cultivar ('Frida') were compared with a go...