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http://dx.doi.org/10.5423/PPJ.2008.24.2.112

Pre-Infection Behavior of the Pitch Canker Fungus Fusarium circinatum on Pine Stems  

Thoungchaleun, Vilakon (Department of Forest Sciences, Seoul National University)
Kim, Ki-Woo (National Instrumentation Center for Environmental Management, Seoul National University)
Lee, Don-Koo (Department of Forest Sciences, Seoul National University)
Kim, Chang-Soo (Department of Forest Genetic Resources, Korea Forest Research Institute)
Park, Eun-Woo (Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University)
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The Plant Pathology Journal / v.24, no.2, 2008 , pp. 112-117 More about this Journal
Abstract
Pre-infection behavior of Fusarium circinatum on stems of pine species was investigated with scanning electron microscopy. Two-year-old stems of Pinus densiflora and p. rigida were inoculated with the fungal conidial suspension and subjected to $25^{\circ}C$ for up to 16 hr. Most microconidia germinated 12 hr after inoculation on pine stems. Conidia produced germ tubes from either one or both ends of microconidia. Germ tubes grew over the stem surface and appeared to enter host tissues through natural openings on pine stems. Surface cracks in the cork were entrance sites of germ tubes of F. circinatum. In addition, host cell wall cracks were often found at the tip of germ tubes. The cuticle appeared to be eroded either at the tip of germ tubes or around germlings. Germ tubes also produced appressoria-like structures, exhibiting swollen tips of germ tubes on the stem surface. There seems to be no significant differences in the pre-infection behavior of F. circinatum on stems between the two pine species.
Keywords
appressoria; Fusarium circinatum; germination; Gibberella circinata; pine;
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