Abstract
Free proline increased in leaves of orange (Citrus sinensis [L.] Osb. cv. Valencia) and grapefruit (Citrus paradisi Macfad. cv. Star Ruby) trees on a wide range of citrus rootstocks during cold hardening. Increases in sugars accompanied proline accumulation. During cold hardening, the rate of proline accumulation was greater in old than in young leaves. In leaves of grapefruit trees kept in the dark during cold hardening, neither proline nor sugars increased and the degree of cold hardiness was less than in trees exposed to light. Like sugar accumulations, proline accumulation does not reflect specific degrees of cold hardiness in citrus cultivars.
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