Processes Contributing to Photosynthetic Cold Acclimation in Cotton Seedlings

Thursday, January 4, 2018: 8:30 AM
Salon G (Marriott Rivercenter Hotel)
John L. Snider , University of Georgia
Wei Hu , Nanjing Agricultural University
Haimiao Wang , University of Georgia
Mario Scolari , University of Georgia
Viktor Tishchenko , University of Georgia
Daryl Chastain , Mississippi State University Delta Research and Extension Center
William Slaton , University of Central Arkansas
The current study quantified the impact of low growth temperature on growth and photosynthesis of cotton seedlings, and utilized novel approaches to define the contributions of individual electron transport processes and respiration to acclimation of net photosynthesis to growth temperature in two week old cotton plants.