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The effect of 0.5 mM salicylic acid (SA) pretreatment and of growing at hardening temperatures on chilling-induced changes in 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid (ACC) and malonyl 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid (MACC) was investigated in young maize (Zea mays L.) plants grown in hydroponic solution at 22/20 °C. Chilling at 5 °C caused an increase in ACC content;however, this increase was less pronounced in plants cold acclimated at 13/11 °C 4 d before the chilling treatment, and in those which were pretreated with SA for 1 d before the cold stress. Changes in MACC at low temperature showed no correlation with chilling tolerance in maize.
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Szalai, G., Tari, I., Janda, T. et al. Effects of Cold Acclimation and Salicylic Acid on Changes in ACC and MACC Contents in Maize during Chilling. Biologia Plantarum 43, 637–640 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1002824721597
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