Differential effects of temperature on ultrastructural responses to dehydration in seeds of Zizania palustris

被引:10
作者
Berjak, P. [1 ]
Bradford, K. J. [2 ]
Kovach, D. A. [2 ]
Pammenter, N. W. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Natal, Dept Biol, Plant Cell Biol Res Unit, King George 5 Ave, ZA-4001 Durban, South Africa
[2] Univ Calif Davis, Dept Vegetable Crops, Davis, CA 95616 USA
关键词
free radicals; desiccation sensitivity; desiccation tolerance; membranes; phase transitions; seeds; ultrastructural damage; wild rice; Zizania palustris;
D O I
10.1017/S0960258500002105
中图分类号
Q94 [植物学];
学科分类号
071001 ;
摘要
The desiccation tolerance of Zizania palustris seeds has been debatable, but recently it has emerged that survival to low moisture contents is a function of the temperature during dehydration. Survival of dehydration is greatest at 25-30 degrees C and viability declines as the dehydration temperature is reduced. On the other hand, extended hydrated chilling (stratification) is required to break dormancy. The present contribution examines the ultrastructural condition of embryonic axes of Zizania palustris after dehydration at various temperatures, and following reimbibition and stratification. Axis cells sustained least damage when dehydration was carried out at 25 degrees C and ultrastructural deterioration was more severe with lower temperatures during water loss. Damage sustained as a result of unfavourably low dehydration temperatures was visible when seeds were fixed from the dry state and was generally exacerbated during fully imbibed stratification. However, 25 degrees C represented the optimum dehydration temperature; seeds that had been dried at 30 degrees C also showed considerable ultrastructural disturbance when fixed from the dry state. This was largely reversed during fully imbibed stratification, although signs of the damage that had been sustained still persisted. These observations are in keeping with the germination behaviour of Z. palustris seeds dehydrated at temperatures above and below 25 degrees C. The results are discussed in terms of the predominance of one of two mechanisms of membrane deterioration, depending on the dehydration temperature, which are probably not mutually exclusive. It is hypothesized that, at temperatures above 25 degrees C, damage by free-radical-mediated events may predominate, whereas, at temperatures below the optimum, irreversible lipid-phase transitions may be the major factor resulting in membrane damage.
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页码:111 / 121
页数:11
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