Abstract
Changes in water status have been associated with various stages of dormancy and freezing tolerance in woody perennials. Recent studies in apple indicate that changes in the state (bound vs. free) of bud water are strongly correlated with the end of dormancy. In this study nuclear magnetic resonance imaging (NMRI) was used to monitor changes in the state of bud water during the photoperiodic induction of endo-dormancy in Vitis riparia. Bud water status was monitored using proton relaxation times from T1 and T2 images determined at 2, 4, and 6 weeks of long (LD) or short (SD) photoperiod treatments. Bud dormancy was determined by monitoring budbreak in plants defoliated after photoperiod treatments. NMRI allowed nondestructive monitoring of changes in tissue water state. T1 and T2 maps indicated changes in the state of the water in bud and stem tissues during the 6 weeks of treatment. Differences in relaxation times for nondormant and dormancy-induced (reversible) buds were not clear. However, T2 relaxation times were lower in the dormant buds than in the nondormant buds.
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