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Preferential freezing avoidance localised in anthers and embryo sacs in wintering Daphne kamtschatica var. jezoensis flower buds visualised by magnetic resonance imaging

Journal

PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT
Volume 45, Issue 7, Pages 2109-2125

Publisher

WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/pce.14255

Keywords

cold hardiness; Daphne; flower buds; freezing avoidance; freezing behaviours; gametophyte; ice nucleation activity (INA); nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) micro-imaging; supercooling

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Funding

  1. IBBP Research Fund
  2. Ichimura Foundation for New Technology
  3. Japan Society for the Promotion of Science [17H03763, 26660030, 23380023, 16380030]
  4. Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [16380030, 26660030, 17H03763, 23380023] Funding Source: KAKEN

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The study used high resolution MRI to investigate freezing behaviors in wintering Daphne kamtschatica var. jezoensis flower buds, revealing that anthers remained stable supercooled while ovules/pistils slowly dehydrated. Cryomicroscopic observation showed ice formation in calyx tubes and pistils.
To explore diversity in cold hardiness mechanisms, high resolution magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was used to visualise freezing behaviours in wintering Daphne kamtschatica var. jezoensis flower buds, which have naked florets and no bud scales. MRI images showed that anthers remained stably supercooled to the range from -14 to -21 degrees C or lower while most other tissues froze by -7 degrees C. Freezing of some anthers detected in MRI images between -14 and -21 degrees C corresponded with numerous low temperature exotherms and also with the 'all-or-nothing' type of anther injuries. In ovules/pistils, only embryo sacs remained supercooled at -7 degrees C or lower, but slowly dehydrated during further cooling. Cryomicroscopic observation revealed ice formation in the cavities of calyx tubes and pistils but detected no ice in embryo sacs or in anthers. The distribution of ice nucleation activity in floral tissues corroborated the tissue freezing behaviours. Filaments likely work as the ice blocking barrier that prevents ice intrusion from extracellularly frozen calyx tubes to connecting unfrozen anthers. Unique freezing behaviours were demonstrated in Daphne flower buds: preferential freezing avoidance in male and female gametophytes and their surrounding tissues (by stable supercooling in anthers and by supercooling with slow dehydration in embryo sacs) while the remaining tissues tolerate extracellular freezing.

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