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Role of phytochrome B in the development of cold tolerance in cucumber plants under light and in darkness

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Cold tolerance of cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) seedlings was investigated using wild-type plants and the phytochrome B-deficient mutant (lh-mutant). Plants were subjected for 6 days to intermittent short-term cooling (12°C for 2 h per day) and to continuous chilling under conditions of 16-h photoperiod (day/night = 16/8 h) and permanent illumination. “Dehardening” process was initiated by the transfer of plants to either light or dark conditions at 23°C. It was concluded that phytochrome B participates in the development of cold tolerance in cucumber plants under stress conditions, i.e., under short-term intermittent chilling at nights and during dehardening in continuous darkness.

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PLT:

permanent low temperature (treatment)

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  1. Institute of Biology, Karelian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushkinskaya ul. 11, Petrozavodsk, Karelia, 185910, Russia

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Original Russian Text © M.I. Sysoeva, E.F. Markovskaya, E.G. Sherudilo, 2013, published in Fiziologiya Rastenii, 2013, Vol. 60, No. 3, pp. 393–398.

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Sysoeva, M.I., Markovskaya, E.F. & Sherudilo, E.G. Role of phytochrome B in the development of cold tolerance in cucumber plants under light and in darkness. Russ J Plant Physiol 60, 383–387 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1021443713020180

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