TABLE 1.

Effect of chilling injury on electrolyte leakage from leaves, leaf-free proline, total phenolics, and starch content of grapevine plantlets^a

Treatment	Electrolyte leakageb (%)	Free proline (μmoles g−1 FW)			Total phenols (nanogram g−1 FW)	Starch content (mg/g of FW)
		Shoots	Leaves	Roots		Shoots	Leaves	Roots
Control at 26°C	13.00 a	0.95 a	2.85 a	ND a	13.11 a	0.005 a	0.010 a	0.010 a
Control at 4°C	39.00 b	1.89 b	5.75 b	0.09 a	14.51 b	0.005 a	0.010 a	0.002 a
Bacterized at 26°C	14.00 a	1.24 c	3.5 c	0.15 b	19.85 c	0.060 b	0.050 b	0.004 a
Bacterized at 4°C	19.95 c	2.19 d	6.45 d	0.18 b	21.55 d	0.050 c	0.080 c	0.002 a

^aValues correspond to the mean obtained with 24 plantlets for each replicate. Three replicates were performed per treatment. In each row, the values represented by the same lowercase letters were not significantly different at a P value of <0.05 (Fisher's protected LSD test). ND, not detected.

^bExpressed as percentage of total electrolyte content.