Fight against cold: photosynthetic and antioxidant responses of different bell pepper cultivars (Capsicum annuum L.) to cold stress

Rácz, Arnold and Czégény, Gyula and Kutyáncsánin, D. and Nagy, N. and Hideg, Éva Olga and Csepregi, Kristóf (2023) Fight against cold: photosynthetic and antioxidant responses of different bell pepper cultivars (Capsicum annuum L.) to cold stress. BIOLOGIA FUTURA, 74 (3). pp. 327-335. ISSN 2676-8615

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Abstract

The special metabolites of bell pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) leaves can protect the plant under possibly damaging circum- stances, such as high light, UV, unfavorable temperatures, or other environmental effects. In this study, we examined the cold stress tolerance of three different Hungarian pepper varieties (Darina, Édesalma, Rekord), focusing on the antioxidant and photosynthetic responses. The plants were developed in growth chambers under optimal temperature conditions (day/night 25 °C/20 °C) until the leaves on the fourth node became fully developed, then half of the plants received a cold treatment (day/ night 15 °C/10 °C). Via a detailed pigment analysis, the PS II chlorophyll fluorescence responses, gas exchange parameters and total antioxidant capacities, leaf acclimation to low temperatures has been characterized. Our results display some of the developing physiological and antioxidant properties, which are among the main factors in monitoring the damaging effects of cold temperatures. Nevertheless, despite their differences, the tested pepper varieties did not show different cold responses.

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