化学杀雄剂GSC和SX-1对白菜型冬油菜生理生化特性的影响

通过2年大田试验,研究了化学杀雄剂GSC和SX-1诱导白菜型冬油菜‘陇油6号’不育过程中花药呼吸脱氢酶活性、游离脯氨酸含量、蛋白质含量和保护性酶活性的变化。结果显示:(1)SX-1和GSC可以诱导白菜型冬油菜植株产生雄性不育,并以0.6mg/L左右GSC或9.0~10.0mg/L SX-1处理的不育株率最大,杀雄效果最好。(2)GSC和SX-1处理后,白菜型冬油菜花药呼吸脱氢酶活性显著降低;油菜叶片中游离脯氨酸含量增加,而花蕾中的游离脯氨酸含量降低;叶片中可溶性蛋白质含量无显著变化,花蕾中蛋白质含量降低;叶片中CAT和SOD活性增加,POD活性降低,而花蕾中CAT和SOD活性降低,POD活性增加。研究表明,化学杀雄剂处理后,白菜型冬油菜的花药呼吸脱氢酶活性、花蕾和叶片的游离脯氨酸、可溶性蛋白含量和保护酶活性发生了异常,并随着处理浓度的增加而加剧,导致体内活性氧清除代谢速度降低,细胞内膜脂过氧化作用增强,膜结构遭到破坏,花粉发育受阻,最终引起雄性不育。     

自然越冬期间茶树叶片生理生化指标和解剖结构的变化

为探讨自然越冬条件下茶树〔Camellia sinensis(Linn.)O.Ktze.〕叶片的生理生化指标和解剖结构变化,以种植于南京的茶树品种'龙井长叶'('Longjingchangye')的10年生植株为研究对象,对自然越冬期间(2012年11月15日至2013年3月31日)其叶片的叶绿素、可溶性蛋白质、可溶性糖、游离脯氨酸和丙二醛(MDA)含量,超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)、过氧化氢酶(CAT)和过氧化物酶(POD)活性,以及上表皮、下表皮、栅栏组织和海绵组织厚度及上表皮厚度与海绵组织厚度的比值进行了比较分析.结果表明:自然越冬期间,叶片的叶绿素含量随时间推移呈现先降低后升高的变化趋势,而叶片的可溶性蛋白质、可溶性糖、游离脯氨酸和MDA含量以及SOD、CAT和POD活性则总体上呈现先升高后降低的变化趋势,并且均在2013年1月15日达到其各自的最低值或最高值.与入冬前相比,越冬后叶片的叶绿素和可溶性糖含量显著降低,MDA含量略降低,可溶性蛋白质含量显著升高,游离脯氨酸含量及SOD、CAT和POD活性均略升高.自然越冬期间,叶片的上表皮、下表皮、栅栏组织和海绵组织厚度随时间推移总体上呈现先降低后升高的变化趋势,上表皮和栅栏组织厚度在2013年2月15日达到最低值,而下表皮和海绵组织厚度则在2013年1月30日达到最低值;上表皮厚度与海绵组织厚度的比值呈波动变化趋势.与入冬前相比,入冬后叶片的上表皮、下表皮、栅栏组织和海绵组织厚度均显著降低,而上表皮厚度与海绵组织厚度的比值略降低.研究结果显示:自然越冬条件下,茶树具有一定的耐寒能力,为了减轻低温对其机体的伤害可通过增加可溶性蛋白质、可溶性糖和游离脯氨酸合成及提高相关抗氧化酶活性来调解越冬期间的代谢平衡.     

柴胡幼苗越冬抗寒性及其相关生理指标筛选

以北柴胡、地产柴胡、三岛柴胡的根为试验材料,以早春植株成活率为越冬抗寒性指标,测定越冬期不同柴胡品种根系生理生化特征,进行柴胡抗寒性综合评价,并对主要抗寒生理指标进行通径分析和相关性分析,以探讨冬季自然低温条件下柴胡生理特性与抗寒性的关系,筛选适合柴胡越冬抗寒性鉴定的生理指标。结果表明:(1)北柴胡、地产柴胡、三岛柴胡返青期的返青率依次为80%、50%、10%,且各品种间差异显著。(2)3个品种柴胡越冬期根系可溶性糖含量、游离脯氨酸含量、可溶性蛋白含量、根系活力与返青率大小顺序一致,其中北柴胡根系游离脯氨酸平均含量分别为地产柴胡和三岛柴胡的2.44倍和4.49倍,且可溶性蛋白含量显著高于地产柴胡、三岛柴胡,但3个品种柴胡的相对电导率、丙二醛含量水平与返青率大小顺序相反。(3)自然越冬过程中,各柴胡品种的根系活力均呈下降趋势,且以三岛柴胡根系活力下降幅度最大,达80%,而北柴胡根系活力下降幅度最小为52.04%。(4)越冬期3个柴胡品种的越冬抗寒性综合排序为:北柴胡地产柴胡三岛柴胡;柴胡根中脯氨酸含量、可溶性蛋白含量与综合评价值呈极显著正相关关系,相对电导率与综合评价值呈显著负相关关系;生理指标决策系数的大小顺序依次为脯氨酸含量可溶性蛋白含量电导率。研究表明,越冬期柴胡根系游离脯氨酸含量是影响其抗寒性的主要影响因素,其含量可作为评价柴胡抗寒性的指标。     

根肿病对不结球白菜的生长及生理生化物质和活性氧代谢的影响

以不结球白菜主栽品种‘新夏青2号’和‘新矮青’为试验材料,采用人工气候箱内接种鉴定的方法,研究了感染根肿病对不结球白菜植株幼苗生长、生理生化物质及活性氧代谢的影响。结果显示:(1)与未感病植株(0级)相比,感染根肿病(3级)植株株高、柄长、叶面积及地上部鲜重和叶片中的叶绿素含量均显著降低,根冠比随着感病等级的增大而提高,使幼苗植株生长受到显著抑制,且‘新夏青2号’比‘新矮青’所受抑制程度更强。(2)感病后植株叶片的可溶性蛋白、可溶性糖、游离氨基酸以及叶片、根系中的脯氨酸等渗调物质的含量均比未感病植株显著降低,而叶片和根系中丙二醛(MDA)的含量显著升高,且除游离氨基酸以外‘新夏青2号’感病植株其他渗调物质的升降幅度均大于‘新矮青’。(3)感病植株叶片中硝酸根离子(NO3-)含量、硝酸还原酶(NR)活性和谷氨酰胺合成酶(GS)活性均比未感病(0级)植株降低,直接影响植株的氮素吸收利用能力。(4)植株感病后,叶片和根系中4种抗氧化酶(SOD、POD、CAT和APX)的活性均不同程度降低,且SOD、POD和CAT活性在根系中的降幅大于叶片,而‘新矮青’的感病3级植株根系和叶片中各酶活性的降幅均低于‘新夏青2号’(除叶片中CAT酶活性外)。研究表明,不结球白菜受到根肿病侵染后,各类生理生化物质含量和活性氧代谢均受到影响,膜脂过氧化程度加大,使不结球白菜的光合利用能力、吸收能力、渗透调节能力及抗氧化能力均受到抑制,最终影响植株的整个生长过程;品种‘新矮青’对根肿病的抗性高于‘新夏青2号’;可溶性蛋白、抗氧化酶活性和MDA可以作为不结球白菜早期筛选抗根肿病的生理指标。     

白三叶不同叶龄叶片对不同季节温度适应的生理调控机理

对不同季节白三叶(Trifolium repens)不同叶龄叶片(幼叶、中叶和老叶)抗氧化酶(SOD、POD和CAT)活力、渗透调节物(可溶性糖、可溶性蛋白和游离脯氨酸)含量、MDA含量和叶绿素含量进行分析,揭示白三叶不同叶龄叶片对不同季节温度适应的生理调控机理和白三叶叶片短寿在维护匍匐茎生长中的生态作用。结果表明:(1)冬季低温生出的幼叶MDA含量较低,而叶绿素a、POD和SOD活力、可溶性糖和脯氨酸含量均最高;夏季高温生出的幼叶MDA和叶绿素b含量较高,而POD和SOD活力、可溶性糖和脯氨酸含量较低。白三叶幼叶具有较强的生理调控可塑性以适应冬夏季温度。(2)不同季节幼叶成长过程中,其生理调控模式相近,随叶片长大成熟,叶绿素含量和SOD、POD、CAT活力及脯氨酸和可溶性糖含量均增高,而MDA含量降低。(3)不同季节老化叶片生理特征相同,叶片中可溶性糖和脯氨酸含量趋于增高,CAT活力及MDA含量均下降。研究表明,抗氧化酶和渗透调节物通过维护氧自由基代谢和水分代谢平衡而在幼叶适应不同季节温度、叶片快速生长中起重要保护作用。不同季节叶片抗氧化能力下降和持续积累的脯氨酸、可溶性糖抑制光合作用可能是叶片衰老和短寿的诱因。不同季节匍匐茎上叶片的短寿、快速衰老可使匍匐茎将能量物质分配给其顶部,促进匍匐茎顶部幼叶萌生和匍匐茎的延伸生长及种群的扩散,其在维护白三叶植株持续生存中具有重要的调控作用。     

低温胁迫对不同倍性不结球白菜生长及生理生化特征的影响

在田间自然低温条件下对二、四倍体不结球白菜的生长特性进行了比较研究,并在光照培养箱中于-5~5℃条件下,分析低温胁迫对它们生理生化特征的影响。结果表明:(1)四倍体不结球白菜的10叶厚、叶柄宽和厚、单株重、单株叶重、叶重/叶柄重及小区产量等农艺性状均显著高于其同源二倍体;(2)随温度的降低,二、四倍体不结球白菜的叶片可溶性蛋白质、可溶性糖及游离脯氨酸等渗透调节物质含量明显上升,电解质外渗率增大,丙二醛(MDA)含量升高,保护酶SOD、POD和CAT活性则先升高后降,而且四倍体材料的渗透调节物质含量和保护酶活性在低温胁迫过程中始终明显高于二倍体,但电解质外渗率和丙二醛含量低于二倍体。研究发现,低温胁迫下渗透调节物质含量升高和保持较高的保护酶活性是四倍体不结球白菜抗寒性强的主要原因。     

丛枝菌根真菌对盐胁迫下黄瓜幼苗渗透调节物质含量和抗氧化酶活性的影响

以盐敏感型黄瓜品种‘津春2号’为材料,研究了丛枝菌根真菌(AMF)对盐胁迫下黄瓜幼苗生长及叶片、根系中渗透调节物质含量和抗氧化酶活性的影响.结果表明:(1)在盐胁迫条件下,黄瓜幼苗生长受到明显抑制,其株高、地上部、地下部干鲜重均明显减小,同时体内可溶性蛋白、可溶性糖、脯氨酸和MDA含量,以及O2(÷)产生速率和SOD、POD、CAT活性均比对照显著升高.(2)盐胁迫下接种AMF可显著促进黄瓜植株的生长,进一步提高黄瓜幼苗体内可溶性蛋白、可溶性糖和脯氨酸含量及SOD、POD、CAT活性,而显著降低MDA含量和O2(÷)产生速率.研究表明,AMF可通过显著促进盐胁迫下黄瓜幼苗体内渗透调节物质积累和抗氧化酶活性提高,有效降低体内膜脂过氧化水平,从而缓解盐胁迫对植株的伤害,增强黄瓜幼苗对盐胁迫的耐性.     

德保苏铁回归后几个生理指标的比较研究

以广西黄连山自然保护区内的德保苏铁幼苗为材料,研究了不同叶数苏铁幼苗叶片超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)、过氧化氢酶(CAT)、过氧化物酶(POD)活性以及丙二醛(MDA)、脯氨酸、可溶性糖和可溶性蛋白质含量的变化。结果表明:在7月至11月间,随着时间的推移,德保苏铁幼苗叶片的SOD、POD活性均呈递增趋势,CAT活性则先缓慢下降后又呈递增的趋势;MDA含量呈下降趋势;脯氨酸含量呈缓慢上升趋势;可溶性糖和可溶性蛋白质均呈持续积累趋势。综合分析结果表明:可将不同叶数苏铁幼苗分为两类:5叶植株单独为一类,环境适应能力强;3叶植株和4叶植株可聚为一类,环境适应能力相对较强。     

Comparative study on several physiological characters among the re-introduced population of Cycas debaoensis

以广西黄连山自然保护区内的德保苏铁幼苗为材料,研究了不同叶数苏铁幼苗叶片超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)、过氧化氢酶(CAT)、过氧化物酶(POD)活性以及丙二醛(MDA)、脯氨酸、可溶性糖和可溶性蛋白质含量的变化.结果表明:在7月至11月间,随着时间的推移,德保苏铁幼苗叶片的SOD、POD活性均呈递增趋势,CAT活性则先缓慢下降后又呈递增的趋势;MDA含量呈下降趋势;脯氨酸含量呈缓慢上升趋势;可溶性糖和可溶性蛋白质均呈持续积累趋势.综合分析结果表明:可将不同叶数苏铁幼苗分为两类:5叶植株单独为一类,环境适应能力强;3叶植株和4叶植株可聚为一类,环境适应能力相对较强.     

5-氨基乙酰丙酸对辣椒植株低温胁迫伤害的缓解效应

以‘超越五号'辣椒品种为试材,研究了低温胁迫期间及随后的常温恢复过程中5-氨基乙酰丙酸(ALA 25 mg·L-1)处理对始花期辣椒植株生长量,叶片中脯氨酸、可溶性糖、可溶性蛋白含量,超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)、过氧化物酶(POD)、过氧化氢酶(CAT)、抗坏血酸过氧化物酶(APX)活性和电解质渗透率及丙二醛(MDA)含量的影响,以探讨ALA提高辣椒抗寒性的生理机制.结果表明,低温胁迫下叶面喷施25 mg·L-1的ALA可显著提高辣椒植株生长量,增加叶片中脯氨酸、可溶性糖及可溶性蛋白含量,增强其POD、CAT及APX活性,并显著降低辣椒叶片中SOD活性、电解质渗透率和MDA含量.叶面喷施ALA也显著降低了恢复过程中辣椒叶片中的渗透调节物质含量和抗氧化酶活性,使膜伤害基本恢复到对照水平.可见,外源ALA处理可通过提高低温胁迫下辣椒叶片的渗透调节能力和抗氧化能力,促进植株生长,缓解低温胁迫对植株的伤害.     

Root-colonization ability of antagonistic Streptomyces griseoviridis

Root-colonization ability of Streptomyces griseoviridis was tested on turnip rape (Brassica rapa subsp. oleifera) and carrot (Daucus carota) by the plate test and the sand-tube method. In the plate test, colonized root length of total root length was highly significantly greater for turnip rape roots (72%) from those for carrot roots (1%). In the sand-tube method, root-colonization ability was examined in nonsterile soil, and no water was added after sowing. Seeds were treated with spores of S. griseoviridis or the biofungicide Mycostop. Roots were cut into 2-cm segments, and the root segments and the rhizosphere soil were studied separately. Root-colonization frequencies and population densities of the microbe in the rhizosphere soil indicated that S. griseoviridis successfully colonized turnip rape but weakly colonized carrot. Root-colonization of turnip rape is accounted for as proliferation of S. griseoviridis in the rhizosphere of turnip rape seedlings and is not due to the movement of microbe through the rhizosphere by water infiltration.     

Seed transmission of turnip yellow mosaic virus in winter turnip and winter oilseed rapes

This is the first record of seed transmission of turnip yellow mosaic virus (TYMV) in oilseed and turnip rapes. The seed transmission of TYMV in a naturally infected winter turnip rape (Brassica napus var. silvestris) cultivar Perko PVH was investigated. By ELISA 1.6%, 3.2% and 8.3% seed transmission of the virus was found in seed of plants from three localities. The proportion of infected seeds produced by artificially infected plants of winter oilseed rape (Brassica napus ssp. oleifera) and winter turnip rape cultivars was determined. The virus transmission rate, expressed as the proportion of virus-infected plants which germinated from the seed was for the oilseed rape cvs Jet Neuf 0.1%, Solida 0.4%, Silesia 0.8%, Darmor 1.2%, SL-507 0.2%, SL-509 0.0% and for the winter turnip rape cv. Perko 1.5%. ELISA cannot be used in direct tests on bulk seed lots to estimate proportion of infected seed, but must be used on germinated seedlings.     

不同微生境下齿肋赤藓(Syntrichia caninervis)生理生化特性对不同季节的响应

齿肋赤藓(Syntrichia caninervis)作为典型的耐旱藓类,在古尔班通古特沙漠的藓类结皮中占优势地位。该沙漠的季节气候差异较大,冬季低温湿润,春季干旱,夏季高温且干旱。荒漠藓类植物叶片仅具单层细胞,对外界环境的变化十分敏感。而有关荒漠藓类植物在生理上如何适应这种剧烈环境变化还不得而知。研究测定了生长于两种不同微生境下的齿肋赤藓,经由低温湿润的冬季到干旱的春季再到高温干旱的夏季过程中生理生化变化特征,以探究不同微生境下齿肋赤藓在水热变化剧烈的不同季节的适应机制。研究发现:季节、微生境及二者的交互作用能够显著影响齿肋赤藓的游离脯氨酸、可溶性糖、可溶性蛋白及丙二醛(MDA)含量、过氧化氢酶(CAT)、过氧化物酶(POD)、超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)活性。夏季的高温干旱使齿肋赤藓的脯氨酸、可溶性糖、MDA含量及3种抗氧化酶活性均显著高于冬季及春季,而可溶性蛋白含量却呈相反趋势。干旱的春季齿肋赤藓脯氨酸及可溶性糖显著高于冬季。而在低温湿润的冬季,齿肋赤藓丙二醛含量及过氧化氢酶活性均显著高于春季。表明夏季齿肋赤藓所受胁迫最大,脯氨酸、可溶性糖含量及抗氧化酶活性大幅度提高。同时,在具有积雪覆盖的冬季,两种微生境下的齿肋赤藓生理生化特性无显著差异;而在无积雪覆盖的春夏季节,灌丛的遮阴作用为齿肋赤藓提供了水含量相对较高的良好生活环境,其下齿肋赤藓的渗透调节物质含量和抗氧化酶活性均显著低于裸露地。表明生长在裸露地的齿肋赤藓较活灌丛拥有更强的胁迫耐受性。     

Weed performance in crop rotations with and without leys and at different nitrogen levels

Weed populations were studied from a 26-year-old field experiment in southern Sweden with three different 6-year crop rotations, each with four rates of nitrogen application. The rotations differed in that one had a two-year legume-grass ley, another had a two-year grass ley, and that the third had spring wheat followed by a repeatedly harrowed fallow. The leys and the fallow were followed by turnip rape, winter wheat, oats and barley which was undersown in the two ley rotations. Data on weed biomass, collected in one season, were subjected to multivariate analysis.
Winter turnip rape had the highest weed biomass. However, of the several weed species, only Matricaria perforata Merat was important in wheat (the crop following turnip rape in the rotation). The weed flora did not differ consistently between rotations. We conclude that none of the three rotations had developed any major weed problems under the past weed management regime (herbicides applied to cereal crops).
There was no consistent effect of nitrogen fertilisation on total weed biomass in any of the three rotations. However, when comparing the weed floras in winter wheat, turnip rape and oats, the unfertilised plots differed from the plots receiving nitrogen. In the two latter crops, the abundant, low-growing annual Stellaria media (L.) Vil. performed best in fertilised plots with dense stands. Equisetum arvense L., the most abundant perennial weed, was important only in unfertilised plots.     

Effect of a turnip rape <Emphasis Type="Italic">(Brassica rapa)</Emphasis> trap crop on stem-mining pests and their parasitoids in winter oilseed rape <Emphasis Type="Italic">(Brassica napus)</Emphasis>

Concerns about the negative effects of chemical control of oilseed rape (Brassica napus L.) pests on non-target species, human safety, and development of insecticide resistance, require alternative control strategies such as the use of trap crops and biocontrol to be developed. Psylliodes chrysocephala(L.) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) (cabbage stem flea beetle) and Ceutorhynchus pallidactylus (Marsh.) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) (cabbage stem weevil) are two major stem-mining pests of oilseed rape. This study investigated the phenology of these pests and their main parasitoids in the UK, the potential use of turnip rape (Brassica rapa L.) as a trap crop to reduce oilseed rape infestation, and the effects of insecticide treatment on pest incidence and larval parasitism. Water trap samples, plant dissections and pest larval dissections were done to determine: the incidence of adult pests and their parasitoids, the level of plant infestation by the pests and percentage larval parasitism, respectively. The turnip rape trap crop borders reduced P. chrysocephalabut not C. pallidactylus infestation of oilseed rape plots. Treatment of the trap crop with insecticide had little effect on either pest or parasitoid incidence in the oilseed rape. TersilochusmicrogasterSzép. andT. obscurator Aub. (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) were the main larval parasitoids of P. chrysocephalaand C. pallidactylus, respectively. Tersilochus microgasteris reported for the first time in the UK. The implications for integrated pest management are discussed.     

Comparison of cold resistance physiological and biochemical features of four Herba Rhodiola seedlings under low temperature

To discuss the cold resistance performance of different Herba Rhodiolae and successfully transplant Herba Rhodiolae to the Gansu plateau area for nursing, domestication and planting, this paper systematically studies six physiological and biochemical features of Rhodiola kirilowii, Rhodiola algida, Rhodiola crenulata and Herba Rhodiolae that are closely associated with cold resistance features and concludes with the cold resistance capability of Rhodiola kirilowii. In the selected six main indexes of the Herba Rhodiolae, the POD, SOD and CAT activity and MDA and Pro content in the leaf are the main physiological and biochemical indexes to indicate the cold resistance performance of four Herba Rhodiolae seedlings and can be regarded as the preliminary indexes to assess the winter performance of Herba Rhodiolae. The research work will provide the theoretical basis for the wild variants of Herba Rhodiolae and GAPJ base construction.     

Characteristics of a Pythium arrhenomanes with High Frequency in Barley Soils

Soils from two long-term crop rotation experiments were examined for incidence of root pathogens with a test tube method, where a great number (hundreds) of small portions (15–68g) of soil were biotested. There was a 4–5 times higher frequency of a root-infecting Pythium sp. In barley monoculture soil when compared to crop rotation soil, where winter turnip rape was the preceding crop. In pathogenicity tests the isolated pathogen caused severe root rot on barley, wheat and rye, but did not affect growth of oats, maize, peas and winter rape. In all essential morphological characters it resembles P. arrhenomanes and we classify it as belonging to this species.     

茶陵野生稻苗期耐冷性与抗氧化系统的关系

为探讨茶陵野生稻苗期耐冷的生理机制,以耐冷性强弱不同的栽培稻及东乡野生稻为对照,研究了茶陵野生稻苗期冷胁迫后抗氧化系统的变化.结果表明,茶陵野生稻经冷胁迫后,超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)、过氧化物酶(POD)、过氧化氢酶(CAT)活性以及抗坏血酸(AsA)、还原型谷胱甘肽(GSH)含量增加幅度大于冷敏感对照,而稍小于或相当于耐冷对照;超氧阴离子(O2)产生速率和丙二醛(MDA)含量低于冷敏感对照品种,而稍高于或相当于耐冷对照.说明茶陵野生稻苗期耐冷性与其抗氧化系统冷胁迫后的适应性变化密切相关.     

Changes of redox activity during the development of rape

Redox activity was measured in vegetative and generative apical parts (5 mm of the stem) and youngest leaves of winter (cv. "G6rczański") and spring (cv. "M?ochowski") rape. Both genotypes were cultured under the same growth conditions (17/15 degrees C day/night, 16 h photo-period), but winter rape was additionally vernalized (5/2 degrees C day/night, 56 days) in order to induce the generative development. The cyclic voltammetric method was used to measure the redox potential of samples in the presence of Fe3+ ions. Changes in the redox activity were compared with changes in riboflavin content and activities of antioxidative enzymes: superoxide dismutase (SOD) and catalase (CAT). The higher level of Fe3+ ions and riboflavin detected in generative apices and leaves of winter and spring varieties indicated that electrons (and their donors) were present at a lower level in these organs in comparison with the vegetative ones. On the contrary, SOD and CAT activity were lower in generative than in vegetative organs. This confirms changes in the redox balance and involvement of oxygen radicals in the generative development of rape plants. The similarity of the measured parameters between winter and spring varieties indicates that the observed changes are independent of the way of generative induction (vernalization). Riboflavin can serve as one of the electron carriers between other oxidation-reduction substances.     

Seasonal dependence of the activity of antioxidant defence enzymes in the ground squirrel (Citellus citellus): the effect of cold.

1. The activity of antioxidant defense enzymes (SOD, CAT, GSH-Px and GST) was analysed during the autumn and winter in the ground squirrel adapted to 30 degrees C and subsequently exposed to cold for 6 and 24 hr. 2. The liver CAT activity as well as the IBAT CAT and GSH-Px activities differed between animals adapted to 30 degrees C, studied in autumn, and those studied in winter. 3. MnSOD activity in the liver was increased in autumn but decreased in winter after 6 hr cold exposure reaching the control level 24 hr later. Cold exposure induced a decrease in CAT activity (except after 24 hr cold exposure in winter) and an increase in GSH-Px activity. Lower GST activity was found after 24 hr exposure to cold in winter. 4. The IBAT SOD activity decreased under the influence of cold during both seasons with a tendency to return to the control level only in winter. Cold exposure produced a decrease in GST in both seasons and CAT activity in autumn. GSH-Px activity was increased in winter only. 5. The results indicate a seasonal dependence of the activity of antioxidant defence enzymes in the ground squirrel. Seasonal influence was evidenced in animals exposed to cold as well.