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1United States Citrus and Subtropical Products Laboratory, Winter Haven, Florida 33880.
Abstract:
Three cultivars of citrus with different sensitivities to freezing temperatures (citron, Citrus medica L.; rough lemon, C. limon Burm. F; sour orange, C. aurantium L.) were cold hardened for 4 weeks. Lipids from leaves of hardened and control seedlings were fractionated and analyzed for fatty acids. The absolute amount of triglycerides and phospholipids increased in the leaves upon hardening. With hardening, total linoleic acid also increased 141% in citron, 210% in rough lemon, and 233% in sour orange. Specific increases in linoleic acid were found in triglycerides, in the four phospholipids (phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylinositol, phosphatidylglycerol), and in neutral lipids more polar than triglycerides. Trans-3-hexadecenoic acid was found only in phosphatidylglycerol.
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