Budburst phenology is a key driver of ecosystem structure and functioning, and it is sensitive to global change. Both cold winter temperatures (chilling) and spring warming (forcing) are important for budburst. Future climate warming is expected to have a contrasting effect on chilling and forcing, and subsequently to have a non-linear effect on budburst timing. To clarify the different effects...

In recent years, North-western Spain has experienced an increase in the cultivated area of olive trees. The main propitious areas for groves are Miño and Sil basins, as a consequence their Oceanic climate with Mediterranean influence. objective this study is to determine characteristics reproductive biology, phenological aerobiological behaviour trees most northerly new plantation Iberian Penin...

In the subtropics, a few tropical tree species are distributed and planted for ornamental horticultural purposes; however, photosynthesis of these can be impaired by chilling. This study aimed to understand how respond Light-dependent CO2 assimilation reactions six from geographically diverse areas, but grown at lower subtropical site in China, were monitored during chilling (≤ 10°C...

Experiments were carried out on the effects of chilling lamb carcasses very rapidly in a pre-rigor condition. The chilling regime which was finally used was to cool the carcasses at an ambient temperature of -20°C and an air speed of 1·5 m/s for 3·5 h. Examination of striploins from carcasses subjected to this chilling regime showed that, after 7 day's storage, the meat was as tender as that fr...

The influence of low-temperature conditioning (LTC) treatment on chilling injury, glycine betaine content, and energy metabolism in loquat fruit at 1 °C storage was investigated. The results indicated that LTC treatment significantly reduced chilling injury index, ion leakage, and malondialdehyde content in loquat fruit. Betaine aldehyde hydrogenase (BADH) activity and endogenous glycine betain...

The mechanism of chilling resistance was investigated in 4-week-old plants of the chilling-sensitive cultivated tomato, Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. cv H722, and rooted cuttings of its chilling-resistant wild relative, L. hirsutum Humb. and Bonpl., which were chilled for 3 days at 2 degrees C with a 14-hour photoperiod and light intensity of 250 micromoles per square meter per second. This chi...

Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) plants, which normally do not accumulate glycinebetaine (GB), are susceptible to chilling stress. Exposure to temperatures below 10 degrees C causes various injuries and greatly decreases fruit set in most cultivars. We have transformed tomato (cv. Moneymaker) with a chloroplast-targeted codA gene of Arthrobacter globiformis, which encodes choline oxidase ...

The availability of sufficient chilling during bud dormancy plays an important role in the subsequent yield and quality of apple fruit, whereas, insufficient chilling availability negatively impacts the apple production. The transcriptome profiling during bud dormancy release and initial fruit set under low and high chill conditions was performed using RNA-seq. The comparative high number of di...

Miscanthus × giganteus is exceptional among C4 plants in its ability to acclimate to chilling (≤14 °C) and maintain a high photosynthetic capacity, in sharp contrast to maize, leading to very high productivity even in cool temperate climates. To identify the mechanisms that underlie this acclimation, RNA was isolated from M × giganteus leaves in chilling and nonchilling conditions and hybridize...