Abstract
Anthocyanin synthesis in the broom sorghum, Sorghum bicolor Moench cvs. Acme Broomcorn and Sekishokuzairai-Fukuyama, is mediated separately or synergistically by an ultraviolet light-B (UV-B) photoreceptor and phytochrome. When seedlings were exposed to moderate low temperatures ranging from 12 to 20° C before irradiation, only the phytochrome-mediated anthocyanin synthesis was markedly enhanced compared with the control, which was kept throughout at 24° C; synthesis mediated by the UV-B photoreceptor was unaffected. The effectiveness of an exposure to 20° C increased as the duration of exposure increased up to 24 h and as the time of exposure became closer to the time of irradiation. However, when seedlings were exposed to 20° C from after irradiation until harvest, anthocyanin syntheses induced by both UV-B and red light were equally suppressed, probably due to the general reduction of metabolism involved in anthocyanin synthesis that is a consequence of lower temperature. The results support the view that the signal transduction of the pyhtochrome system is different from that of the UV-B photoreceptor, and indicate that the phytochrome system may involve a step or steps which are amplified by a previous exposure to the moderate low temperature.
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Abbreviations
- FR:
-
far-red light
- LT:
-
low temperature
- MLT:
-
moderate low temperature
- Pfr:
-
far-red-light-absorbing form of phytochrome
- R:
-
red light
- UV:
-
ultraviolet light
- UV-B:
-
ultraviolet light-B
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We thank Drs. Y. Takeuchi (Shionogi Pharmaceutical Company, Aburahi, Shiga) and K. Hosaka (the Experimental Farm, Kobe University, Kasai) for seeds; Dr. M. Watanabe and Mr. M. Kubota (the National Institute for Basic Biology, Okazaki) for operation of the spectrograph. This work was supported by grants from the Yamada Science Foundation, Ministry of Education (No. 63480015 and 03454048), and the National Institute for Basic Biology (Large Spectrograph grant No. 91-523).
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Shichijo, C., Hamada, T., Hiraoka, M. et al. Enhancement of red-light-induced anthocyanin synthesis in sorghum first internodes by moderate low temperature given in the pre-irradiation culture period. Planta 191, 238–245 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00199755
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