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Involvement of Oligosaccharides in Adaptation of Winter Wheat Seedlings to Subzero Temperatures

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We studied the dynamics of endogenous content of biologically active oligosaccharides in the roots of winter wheat seedlings. Previously, these oligosaccharides proved to mediate the development of frost resistance during the first days of hardening (Zabotinaet al., 1998). The changes in their endogenous content can be described by a curve with a single peak observed 6 h after the onset of frost hardening. The capacity of these polysaccharides to increase frost resistance (LT50was evaluated by leakage of electrolytes) when added to growth medium did not depend on the pretreatment duration (from 1.5 to 18 h) but decreased if they were introduced in the course of the adaptive response. Inhibition of the adaptive response by inhibitors of RNA and protein synthesis ceased in the presence of the oligosaccharides. We believe that the oligosaccharides that are products of metabolism of the cell wall polysaccharides are involved in adaptation to low temperature.

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  1. Russian Academy of Sciences, Kazan Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Kazan, 420111, Russia

    O. A. Zabotina, T. E. Toroshchina & A. I. Zabotin

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Zabotina, O.A., Ayupova, D.A., Toroshchina, T.E. et al. Involvement of Oligosaccharides in Adaptation of Winter Wheat Seedlings to Subzero Temperatures. Biology Bulletin 30, 464–467 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1025890317657

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