Mortality of the overwintering egg of the migratory locust, Locustamigratoria L., was attributed to chill injury because of its occurrence well above the egg' ssupercooling point. In this study, two parameters, up...Mortality of the overwintering egg of the migratory locust, Locustamigratoria L., was attributed to chill injury because of its occurrence well above the egg' ssupercooling point. In this study, two parameters, upper limit of chill injury zone (ULCIZ) and sumof the injurious temperature (SIT), were used to examine the locust egg's cold hardiness. The valueof ULCIZ for the locust egg is 1.06 ± 0.54℃, and the SIT is -329.7 (hour ? degree). Thesuperoxide dismutase (SOD) and catalase (CAT) activities changed dramatically after cold stress,indicating that oxygen and hydroxide free radicals are probably efficiently detoxified at lowtemperatures. It was suggested that the nature of chill injury in locust egg might be a complex ofmetabolic disorder and a non-proportional decrease in enzymatic reaction and transports, because theLDH activity at low temperature increased significantly and the ATPase activity decreased withprolonged duration of exposure to low temperatures. The results from high temperature interruptionrevealed that the high temperature intervals significantly increased the survival of locust eggs.展开更多
文摘Mortality of the overwintering egg of the migratory locust, Locustamigratoria L., was attributed to chill injury because of its occurrence well above the egg' ssupercooling point. In this study, two parameters, upper limit of chill injury zone (ULCIZ) and sumof the injurious temperature (SIT), were used to examine the locust egg's cold hardiness. The valueof ULCIZ for the locust egg is 1.06 ± 0.54℃, and the SIT is -329.7 (hour ? degree). Thesuperoxide dismutase (SOD) and catalase (CAT) activities changed dramatically after cold stress,indicating that oxygen and hydroxide free radicals are probably efficiently detoxified at lowtemperatures. It was suggested that the nature of chill injury in locust egg might be a complex ofmetabolic disorder and a non-proportional decrease in enzymatic reaction and transports, because theLDH activity at low temperature increased significantly and the ATPase activity decreased withprolonged duration of exposure to low temperatures. The results from high temperature interruptionrevealed that the high temperature intervals significantly increased the survival of locust eggs.
