简介:Leafcolormutantsareidealmaterialsforstudyingphysiologicalprocessesinplants.Here,athermos-sensitiveleaf-colormutantofGreenwanderingjewwasisolatedaftercarbonionsirradiation,whichwasdesignatedasmt.Thecolorofyoungmutantleaveswasmoresensitivetovariationsoftemperature,however,theyoungleavesofwildtyperemainedgreenunderlow-temperatureconditions(6℃-20℃).Toelucidatethecharacteristicsofpigmentationinmutantleavesunderroomtemperatureconditions(25℃)andlow-temperatureconditions(7℃),theultra-structural,pigmentcomposition,molecularmechanismsandanthocyaninaccumulationinvolvedinthisphenomenonhavebeeninvestigatedinfourindependentexperiments.