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Growth cabinet studies into cold-tolerance of Festuca arundinacea populations*: II. Responses to pretreatment conditioning and to number and duration of low temperature periods

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

W. D. Thomas  and
Alec Lazenby
W. D. Thomas
Affiliation:
Gezira Research Station, Wad Medani, Sudan
Alec Lazenby
Affiliation:
Department of Agronomy, University of New England, Armidale, N.S.W.
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Summary

Following three differing pre-stress temperature treatments, potted plants of three populations of Festuca arundinacea, syn. 1 and syn. 2 (North African) and S. 170 (British) were subjected to a cold stress of 20 h at – 8 °C in a growth cabinet.

In all populations, survival was greatest when the cold stress followed continuous low temperatures for 2 weeks, was intermediate after part-day low temperatures for the same period, and poorest after continuous warmth. The hardening response, especially after the fluctuating regime, was greater in S. 170 than in either syn. 1 or syn. 2, between which little difference was detectable.

There was no overall difference in survival between spring-sown and autumn-sown material, nor any apparent relationship between survival and relative growth rate.

In a further trial, the same three populations were subjected to differing periods of cold stress at — 9 °C-single exposure for 12 or 18 h periods, or one, two or three 6 h periods.

The synthetics were progressively weakened by repeated stresses, and were almost completely killed out by 12 or 18 h exposure. Differences in mortality following short and longer periods of exposure were associated with differences in soil temperatures.

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Research Article
Information
The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 70 , Issue 3 , June 1968 , pp. 347 - 353
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1968

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