“…Plants experience some metabolic change during exposing to cold temperature, including rearrangement of cell membrane composition (Steponkus, 1984), increases in compatible solutes (Ghasemi et al, 2012;John et al, 2010;Karimi et al 2017;Valle, 2002;Zhang et al, 2012), expression of cold-related genes and antifreeze proteins synthesis (Salzman et al, 1996;Thomashow, 1999), altered tissues water content (Salzman et al 1996;Valle, 2002) and increasing in dormancy-related hormones concentration (Koussa et al, 1998). Compatible solutes such as soluble sugars and proline serve as cryoprotective compounds (Karimi 2017;Morin et al, 2007), which can induce osmotic adjustment, maintains turgor in dehydrating cells, and allows plants to tolerate dehydrative stresses (Ghasemi et al, 2012;Wang et al, 2003;Zhang et al, 2012). The amount of tissue water content is thought that mediate supercooling degree in woody plants (Salzman et al 1996;Valle, 2002).…”