phase transition from vegetative to reproductive growth is an important character for winter wheat under cold conditions because it decreases the ability of wheat plants to maintain frost tolerance. reproductive development in winter wheat is triggered by fulfillment of vernalization requirements. this study was conducted to determine the inter-relationship between developmental stages and free...

frost tolerance of winter wheat depends primarily on a strong vernalization requirement, delaying the transition to reproductive phase. the responses of four bread wheat cultivars (triticum aestivum l.) to low-temperatures were examined in controlled environment and field conditions. prolonged cold treatment accelerated the transition to reproductive development in winter wheats (cv. norstar an...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS Frost tolerance of wheat depends primarily upon a strong vernalization requirement, delaying the transition to the reproductive phase. The aim of the present study was to learn how saturation of the vernalization requirement and apical development stage are related to frost tolerance in wheat. METHODS 'Mironovskaya 808', a winter variety with a long vernalization requireme...

cold tolerance is an adaptative mechanism that plants in temperate climates require to survive and grow in suboptimal temperatures.  exposed plant to low temperature produces a myriad of measurable changes in biochemical characters that are often highly correlated with plant cold tolerance.  a key element of cereal adaptation to cold is represented by the capacity for physiological adjustments ...

to cope with cold stress, winter cereals regulate their development through adaptive mechanisms such as vernalization requirement. eight wheat and four barley cultivars were planted to determine the relationship between vernalization fulfilment and expression of cold tolerance under both field and controlled conditions. cultivars were planted at maragheh and karaj agricultural research stations...

the process of adaptation to cold is an important mechanism in wheat cultivars to tolerate cold stress. this work was aimed to calrify the relationship between vernalization requirement with cold tolerance by assessing physiological changes in cold susceptible spring and tolerant winter wheat (triticum aestivum, cvs. kohdasht and cheyyene, respectively) in environmentally controlled conditions,...

The process of vernalization is mainly controlled by two genes in winter barley (Hordeum vulgare L.), VRNH1 and VRNH2. A recessive allele at VRNH1 and a dominant allele at VRNH2 must be present to induce a vernalization requirement. In addition, this process is usually associated with greater low-temperature tolerance. Spanish barleys originated in areas with mild winters and display a reduced ...

Plants adapted to cold winters go through annual cycles of gain followed by loss of freezing tolerance (cold acclimation and deacclimation). Warm spells during winter and early spring can cause deacclimation, and if temperatures drop, freezing damage may occur. Many plants are vernalized during winter, a process making them competent to flower in the following summer. In winter cereals, a coinc...

low temperature (lt) acclimation, phenological development and vernalization requirement are known to influence the expression of frost tolerance (ft) in winter cereals. a phenotypic study was undertaken to determine the interrelationship between developmental stages and ft in hardy winter wheat and rye cultivars acclimated under field condition in the cold and temperate regions of iran. winter...