Get 20M+ Full-Text Papers For Less Than $1.50/day. Start a 14-Day Trial for You or Your Team.

Learn More →

Respiration Studies On Meloidogyne-Induced Galls in Tomato Roots

Respiration Studies On Meloidogyne-Induced Galls in Tomato Roots RESPIRATION STUDIES ON MELOIDOGYNE-INDUCED GALLS IN TOMATO ROOTS BY A. F. BIRD AND ADELE MILLERD Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization and Departments of Plant Pathology and of Agricultural Chemistry, Waite Agricultural Research Institute, University of Adelaide, Australia. The respiration of Meloidogyne-induced galls in tomato roots grown both in water cultures and soil has been measured and compared with adjacent root tissues and uninfected roots of similar age at three different stages of the nematode's life cycle. Results show that the respiration of gall tissues is no greater than that for adjacent tissues or uninfected roots. The histochemistry and ultrastructure of the giant cells induced in the roots of plants by members of the genus Meloidogyne have recently been investigated (Bird, 1961). These studies have shown that one effect the nematode has on the giant cells, which it initiates and on which it feeds, is stimulation of protein synthesis. The rate of this protein synthesis is correlated with the growth of the nematode, consequently the gall contains more protein and nucleic acid than normal similarly located root tissue; in fact a two-fold increase has been reported (Owens & Novotny, 1960 ) . Because of such pronounced synthetic activity, http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Nematologica Brill

Respiration Studies On Meloidogyne-Induced Galls in Tomato Roots

Bird, A.F.; Millerd, Adele
Nematologica , Volume 8 (4): 6 – Jan 1, 1962
Download PDF
8 pages

Loading next page...
 
/lp/brill/respiration-studies-on-meloidogyne-induced-galls-in-tomato-roots-OwUILmKlcx

References

References for this paper are not available at this time. We will be adding them shortly, thank you for your patience.

Publisher
Brill
Copyright
Copyright © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
0028-2596
eISSN
1875-2926
DOI
10.1163/187529262X00035
Publisher site
See Article on Publisher Site

Abstract

RESPIRATION STUDIES ON MELOIDOGYNE-INDUCED GALLS IN TOMATO ROOTS BY A. F. BIRD AND ADELE MILLERD Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization and Departments of Plant Pathology and of Agricultural Chemistry, Waite Agricultural Research Institute, University of Adelaide, Australia. The respiration of Meloidogyne-induced galls in tomato roots grown both in water cultures and soil has been measured and compared with adjacent root tissues and uninfected roots of similar age at three different stages of the nematode's life cycle. Results show that the respiration of gall tissues is no greater than that for adjacent tissues or uninfected roots. The histochemistry and ultrastructure of the giant cells induced in the roots of plants by members of the genus Meloidogyne have recently been investigated (Bird, 1961). These studies have shown that one effect the nematode has on the giant cells, which it initiates and on which it feeds, is stimulation of protein synthesis. The rate of this protein synthesis is correlated with the growth of the nematode, consequently the gall contains more protein and nucleic acid than normal similarly located root tissue; in fact a two-fold increase has been reported (Owens & Novotny, 1960 ) . Because of such pronounced synthetic activity,

Journal

Nematologica – Brill

Published: Jan 1, 1962

There are no references for this article.