The effects of exogenous sodium nitroprusside (SNP, nitric oxide donor) on the growth, yield, photosynthetic characteristics, and antioxidant enzyme activity of kimchi cabbage (Brassica rapa L. subsp. pekinensis (Lour.) Hanelt) was studied under the low temperature conditions. Kimchi cabbages were treated with SNP of three concentrations (7.5, 15, 30 mg·L-1) for three times at four-day intervals and exposed to low temperature (16/7°C) stress for seven days. SNP treatment induced increases of net photosynthetic rate (Pn), stomatal conductance (Gs), intracellular CO2 concentration (Ci) and transpiration rate (Tr) under the stress condition with the highest level after the third treatment. The contents of malondialdehyde (MDA) and H2O2 were significantly lower in the treatment of SNP compared to the non-treated control. The activity of ascorbate peroxidase (APX), catalase (CAT), peroxidase (POD) and superoxide dismutase (SOD), increased in treated plants by up to 38, 187, 24 and 175%, respectively compared to the non-treated control. SNP-treated and untreated plants had similar growth characteristics. Compared to the control group, SNP-treatment increased fresh weight and leaf area by 5%. Overall, our findings suggest that the application of sodium nitroprusside to the leaves contributes to reducing physiological damage and enhancing the activities of antioxidant enzymes, thereby improving low temperature stress tolerance in kimchi cabbage.

Physiological responses and activities of antioxidative enzymes were investigated in pepper(Capsicum annuum) seedlings subjected to low temperature stress. The seedlings were exposed to 7℃, 11℃, or 15℃ for 4 h during the early seedling stage of pepper plants. The results showed that plant height and chlorophyll content were unaffected by the treatments. Polyphenol content in seedlings exposed to 7℃ was higher than that at 11℃ and 15℃ for 2 h. After 3 h of treatment, the flavonoid content was higher in pepper seedlings exposed to 7℃ than 11℃ and 15℃, which was slightly higher than that detected in the control. The H2O2 content increased remarkably with increasing exposure time to low temperature(i.e., 7℃) as compared to that at 11℃ and 15℃. The levels of antioxidant enzymes superoxide dismutase(SOD), catalase(CAT), ascorbate peroxidase(APX), and peroxidase(POD) fluctuated. These results provide basic information that can be utilized to maintain efficient temperature in greenhouses for sustainable growth of pepper under severe low temperature conditions.

The purpose of the study was to investigate an effect of water temperature on a non-specific immune response and mortality of tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus, following a bacterial infection. Seventy five tilapia acclimated to 25℃ were then transferred at 16 and 36℃, and examined for non-specific immune responses over 12-96 h. Respiratory burst activity was reduced significantly in the group of fish cultured at 16 and 36℃ over 24-96 h, whereas phagocytic activity decreased significantly in the group of fish reared at a low temperature (16℃) over 12 and 24 h and high temperatures (36℃) over 12-96 h. Lysozyme activity diminished significantly in the group of fish transferred to 16℃ over 12-48 h, but increased significantly in the group of fish at 36℃ over 48 and 96 h. Alternative complement pathway (ACH50) decreased significantly when transferred to 16℃ after 12 h, but increased significantly when transferred to 36℃ after 24 h. In a challenging test, 30 tilapia reared at 25℃ were injected intraperitoneally with Streptococcus iniae at a dose of 2x107 cfu/fish, and then reared onward at water temperatures of 15, 25 (control), and 36℃. Over 12-96 h, the cumulative mortality of S. iniae-injected fish held in 16 and 36℃ was significantly higher than that of injected-fish held in 25℃ In conclusion, transfer of tilapia from 25℃ to low temperature (16℃) after 12 h, and transfer of fish from 25℃ to high temperature (35℃) reduced their immune capability. Furthermore, tilapia under temperature stress at 16 and 36℃ from 25℃ decreased its resistance against S. iniae

오이묘가 저온피해를 입기 전, 후 토양수분조건과 몇 가지의 화학물질처리가 오이묘의 냉해 경감에 미치는 영향을 연구한 결과 토양수분 -0.3bar 적습상태에서 07:00시에 2℃로 저온처리를 했을 때, 생존율은 28.3%이었으나 -5.5bar에서는 83.3%로 높아져 토양수분이 건조하면 저온피해가 감소되었다. 그러나 18:00시에 저온처리하면 -0.3bar에서도 생존율은 87% 이상이었다. 토양수분이 건조하면 엽신의 ABA함량은 크게 증가되었다. 저온처리 전, 후 ABA의 토양 및 엽면처리는 오이묘의 생존율을 유의하게 증가시켰고 세포의 전해질 누출량도 현저하게 감소시켰으며, 수량의 감소를 경감시켰다. 또한 ABA 처리는 저온처리 후보다는 저온처리 전에, 엽면처리보다는 토양에 처리하는 것이 보다 효과적이었다. ABA(10-5M)와 더불어 요소(0.2%)와 KH2PO4의 엽면살포는 오이의 생장과 수량에 미치는 저온피해를 경감시키는데 효과적이었다.

본(本) 실험(實驗)은 벼에 있어서 냉해(冷害)로 인(因)하여 매년(每年) 막대한 수확량(收穫量)의 감소(減少)를 생육시기별(生有時期別) 생장조절제(生長調節劑) 처리(處理)에 의한 재배적(栽培的) 방법(方法)을 통하여 그 피해(被害)를 감소(減少)시키고, 생장조절제(生長調節劑)에 대한 벼의 생리학적(生理學的) 활동(活動)과 농업적(農業的) 특성(特性), 수량구성요소(收量構成要素), 근활력(根活力), Chlorophyll 함량(含量) 등(等)의 변화(變化)를 통하여 수확량(收穫量)에 관계(關係)는 요소(要素)를 규명(糾明)하고, 벼 재배(栽培) 방법(力法)에 있어서 기초(基礎) 자료(資科)로써 이용(利用)하고자 실시(實施)하여 얻은 실험결과(實驗結果)는 다음과 같다. 저온(低溫)조건하에서 처리(處理)된 모든 생장조절제(生長調節劑)는 농도(濃度)에 관계(關係)없이 초장(草長), 분니 등의 벼 생유지연(生有遲延)을 다소 경감(輕減)시켰으며, 특(特)히 ABA는 농도(濃度)에 관계(關係)없이 초장(草長), 분니수등에 있어서 다른 생장조절제(生長調節劑)보다 그 효과(效果)가 두드러진 것을 알 수 있었다. 저온(低溫) 조건하(條件下)에서의 chlorophyll함량(含量)은 무처리구(無處理品)에 비하여 감소(減少)되나 식물생장조절제(植物生長調節劑)를 처리(處理)함으로써 Chlorophyll함량(含量)이 증가(增加)되었고, 또한 근활력(根活力)도 chlorophyll함량(含量)과 같은 경향(傾向)을 나타내었다. 생육(生有) 초기(初期)의 생장(生長) 조절제(調節劑)의 처리(處理)는 수량(收量) 구성요소(構成要素)의 감소(減少)를 경감(輕減)시켜 주었으며, 이는 수량(收量)에 직후(直接) 영향(影響)을 미쳐 냉해(冷害)로 인(因)한 수량감소(收量減少)를 경향(經向)시켰으며, 특(特)히 Abscissic acid처리(處理)의 효과(效果)는 뚜렷하게 나타났다. 그러나 저온하(低溫下)에서 수잉기때 생장조절제(生長調節劑) 처리(處理)는 영양생장(營養生長)에 별다른 효과(效果)를 나타내지 않았으나 수량구성요소(收量構成要素)에는 다소 영향(影響)을 미쳐 수량(收量)에 관여(關與)하는 것으로 나타났다. 저온조건하(低溫條件下)에서의 생장조절제(生長調節劑)의 처리(處理)는 처리시기(處理時期)에 따라 다소 차이(差異)가 있지만 수량손실(收量損失) 경감(輕減)에 크게 영향(影響)을 미친 것으로 사료(思料)된다.

C. sakazakii ATCC 12868, 29004, 29544를 이용하여 저온 저장 중의 변화를 살펴보고 저온과 냉/해동, 저온과 산, 저온에서 starvation한 것과 냉/해동의 교차저항에 대해 알아보았다. C. sakazakii를 에서 10일간 저장하였을 때 모든 균주들에서 1 log CFU/mL의 사멸을 보였다. C. sakazakii를 에서 배양한 결과, C. sakazakii ATCC 12868, 29004는 각각 7일째, 5일째

Photorespiration reduces carbon fixation rate, but is essential process in plant. Photorespiration involves reactions in chloroplasts, peroxisomes, and mitochondria. In photorepiratory peroxisome, alanine glyoxylate aminotransferase (AGT) catalyzes alanine and glyoxylate into glycine and pyruvate. We isolated a low temperature-inducible cDNA encoding AGT from mungbean leaves. The full-length cDNA, designated as MLT9, contains an open reading frame of 1,203 nucleotides coding for a protein of 401 amino acids. Genomic DNA blotting showed that the mungbean genome has one copy of MLT9. MLT9 mRNA was induced not only by low temperature but also by drought stress, but ABA and NaCl did not induce RNA expression of MLT9. In mungbean, AGT activity was higher in the non-stressed leaves compared to the low-temperature treated leaves. Based on GFP/RFP targeting experiment, GFP-MLT9 fusion protein and SKL-RFP, a peroxisome marker, were colocalized to peroxisome in tobacco protoplasts. This suggests that peroxisomal MLT9 plays a role in photorespiratory metabolism in response to low temperature and drought stress.

We tested the hypothesis that alpine plants have special physiological and biochemical mechanisms in addition to their structural adaptation in order to survive under extreme conditions. The photosynthetic organs of Pinus pumila were used to examine the seasonal changes in sugar concentration, antioxidative enzyme, and lipid peroxidation. The concentrations of sucrose, glucose, fructose and reducing sugar were the highest in the leaves in April. But sugar contents in buds and inner barks did not respond sensitively on temperature change. Meanwhile superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity responded sensitively on the change of temperature and SOD in all tissues maintained high activity in April. Meanwhile anthocyanin content increased rapidly in June but the increase of anthocyanin content was not enough to prevent their tissues from the damage by the exposure of high temperature or other stress. In conclusion, under low temperature condition, P. pumila increased the concentration of soluble sugars and SOD activity in their tissues in order to overcome extreme environmental condition. But in summer, these stress defense system against high temperature might be disturbed slightly. This results in the increase of malondialdehyde (MDA) contents in three tissues by lipid peroxidation.

The changes of O-J-I-P transients were investigated using leaves of four subtropical plant species (Crinum asiaticum var. japonicum, Osmanthus insularis, Chloranthus glaber and Asplenium antiquum) under the natural conditions in winter, in order to select the stress indicators for diagnosing physiological states of plants under low temperature. In the O-J-I-P transients of these species, the fluorescence intensity was found to be higher in O-step and lower in P-step in winter than in summer. Particularly, the fluorescence intensity of the P-step in Crinum asiaticum var. japonicum was lower than those of other three plant species, indicating that Crinum asiaticum var. japonicum is the most sensitive to low temperature. Of the chlorophyll fluorescence parameters derived from O-J-I-P transients of four subtropical plants, Fm, Fv/Fo, ABS/CS, TRo/CS, ΦPO and ΦPO/(1-ΦPO) decreased significantly with the increase of Fo, Sm, N, ETo/CS, ETo/RC and Ψo/(1-Ψo) depending on temperature drop in winter. Therefore, these parameters could be used as indicators for estimating low temperature stress and diagnosing physiological states of plants under the natural conditions in winter.

To investigate low temperature- and light stress-induced genes of Hordeum vulgare L. cv. Dongbori #1, suppression subtractive hybridization (SSH) was performed with mRNAs from leaf samples that treated with low temperature (4℃) and extremely high light de