Abstract:

The cold resistance of wheat will be acquired after the cold acclimation or cold resistance exercise. The primary investigation about the molecular mechanism and genes associated with cold acclimation and cold resistance of wheat were analyzed in this article. The regulation model of some cold signaling molecules like CBF, ICE, b-Zip, WRKY, NAC and other transcription factors were described, as well as the cold responsive proteins including COR in ABA dependent or ABA independent responsive signaling paths, aquaporins, microtube proteins, freeze resistant proteins and so on. We also discussed the recent study on the relativity between vernalizaton and cold resistance, the cold signaling pathway, and the cold responsive mechanism. We hope these reports and results will benefit to the research of molecular mechanism and molecular breeding about cold resistance of wheat in future.