GENETIC/PYSIOLOGICAL ADAPTIVE TRAITS

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GENETIC/PYSIOLOGICAL ADAPTIVE TRAITS FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH COLD HARDINESS OTHER FACTORS

CONIFER COLD HARDINESS (Bannister and Neuner 2001)

CONIFER COLD HARDINESS CONIFER SEEDS Temperature resulting in 50% survival (LT50) Germination subject to freezing: 3h @ -196°C (Hawkins et al. 2003)

CONIFER COLD HARDINESS NEEDLES WHOLE ROOT SYSTEM (Bigras et al. 2001)

ANTHOCYANIN ACCUMULATION Anthocyanin ~ natural sunscreen against high visible irradiance and UV-B radiation Characteristic ‘purpling’ Accumulation in needle surface epidermal cells Onset: shortened photoperiod and low temperature (Oquist et al. 2001)

AMINO ACIDS AND PROTEINS CRYOPROTECTION Enhance cold tolerance by preserving and stabilizing cell structures Increases water deficit resistance and reduces amount of free water CARBOHYDRATES AMINO ACIDS AND PROTEINS LIPIDS (Zwiazek et al. 2001)

CRYOPROTECTION (Zwiazek et al. 2001, Hawkins et al. 2003 )

. WINTER CAVITATION Cavitation = nucleation of xylem water Lodgepole - 20-30% loss of conductivity (representing cavitation) in shoot xylem over winter months . (Sperry and Robson 2001)

Wheras spruce and fir did SUPERCOOLING Supercooling = winter survival mechanism in many tree species especially hardwoods Supercooling: Prevents dessication Inhibits water loss to extracelluar spaces Lodgepole and Poderosa pine did not exhibit freezing of supercooled water beyond -40C Wheras spruce and fir did (Sutinen et al. 2001)

TEMPORAL ASSOCIATIONS OF COLD HARDINESS Hardening and Dehardening

CONIFER COLD HARDINESS Hardening onset: (Bigras et al. 2001)

HARDENING AND DEHARDENING Lodgepole vs. Spruce Later growth cessation Later hardeneing Tendancy to deharden in winter earlier dehardening Earlier growth (Nilsson 2001)

OTHER GENETIC/PYSIOLOGICAL TRAITS HEAT RESISTANCE DROUGHT RESISTANCE Salt resistance Water Use Efficiency (WUE)

NON-COLD HARDINESS/ OTHER TRAITS HEAT RISISTANCE Lodgepole - lower mortality rates than those of aspen (Populus tremuloides Michx.), Engelmann spruce (Picea engelmannii Parry ex Engelm.), and Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii Ability to withstand surface fires over spruce (Dickinson and Johnson 2004)

NON-COLD HARDINESS/ OTHER TRAITS DROUGHT RESISTANCE SALT RESISTANCE DRY BIOMASS PRODUCTION:  lodgepole pine jack pine white spruce  OVERALL SURVIVAL:  jack pine lodgepole pine white spruce  (Khasa et al. 2002)

NON-COLD HARDINESS/ OTHER TRAITS DROUGHT RESISTANCE WATER USE EFFICIENCY (WUE) Lodgelpole WUE increases with availability of water WUE and drought – tradeoff b/t survivability and competition (Guy and Holowachuck 2001)

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