• Journal of Plant Biology
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• 제35권2호
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• pp.173-182
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• 1992

The parasitic flowering plants obtain nutrients and water from their host plants through a parasitic organ, haustorium, which connects both structurally and physiologically host and parasite. The parasitism in angiosperms thus can be understood from the knowledge of the haustorial structure. The haustoria have evolve convergently and independently in several unrelated taxa; therefore, they have similar morphology. Many anatomical studies on the haustoria in several parasites in the pst have been carried out by light microscopy. Ultrastructural studies on the haustoria, which are started from the end of 1060s', have provided new information relating to the phenomenon of parasitism in angiosperms. The purpose of this paper is to introduce and compare the structure of haustoria between parasitic plants. The results may help an understanding of phylogenetic relationships of parasitic angiosperms. The haustoria of some families, such as Santalaceae, Orobancaceae, Scrophulariaceae, Loranthaceae (or Viscaceae), and Convolvulaceae (Cuscuta) will be discussed.

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.29-35
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• 2001

Early infection process of Phytophthora capsici in pumpkin stems was similar in the compatible and incompatible interactions 24 h after inoculation. Intercellularly growing hyphae penetrated host parenchyma cells by growing hyphae penetrated host parenchyma cells by forming haustoria. An extrahaustorial matrix was found around the haustoria in both compatible and incompatible interactions. No wall appositions were observed at the infection sites in the parenchyma cells. In the compatible interaction, infecting hyphae grew well in the intercellular spaces between xylem vessels in stem tissues. Degraded host cell wall, plasmolysis of plasma membrane, and degenerated chloroplasts were pathological features of pumpkin stem tissues in both compatible and incompatible interactions. A characteristic host response in the resistant pumkin cultivar Danmatmaetdol was rapid cytoplasmic movement of host cells toward the oomycete haustoria.

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.8-13
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• 2011

The induced resistance of cucumber leaves treated with oligochitosan to the infection of the cucumber powdery mildew, Sphaerotheca fuliginea, was investigated using transmission electron microscopy. The results showed that when the plants were treated with oligochitosan and challenged with inoculum, a significant decrease of the disease occurred. The mycelial development in the treated leaves was markedly inhibited. The cytoplasm of the powdery mildew mycelium was aggregated, with its organelles disintegrated and the cytoplasm collapsed. The protoplasm in haustoria became electron-dense. Haustoria became malformed, their organelles disintegrated, the hausterial wall thickened and eventually the whole complex necrotized. The host cells produced defence structures and materials associated with infection and a hypersensitive response. The host cell wall was thickened and deeply stained; several layers of papilla structure were produced under the cell wall; dark materials were deposited between the cell wall and plasmalemma; extrahaustorial plasmalemma was deeply stained and extrahaustorial matrix appositions had large deposits of electron-dense material; the cytoplasm was disordered, host organelles disintegrated and eventually the whole host cell disintegrated and necrotized.

• 한국산림과학회지
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• 제37권1호
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• pp.61-63
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• 1978

잣나무털녹병 (Korean white pine blister rust) 이병목(罹病木)의 해부학적(解剖學的) 진단(診斷)을 위(爲)하여, 이병부(罹病部) 수피(樹皮) 혹(或)은 목질부(木質部)의 면도날 절편(切片)을 Chloroform 1 : methanol 2 의 혼합액(混合液)에 24시간(時間) 침지(浸漬)하고, lactophenol cotton blue를 modify 한 액(液)(lactic acid 20gm, phenol crystal 20gm, cotton blue 0.05gm, 60% EtOH 100ml)에 2~5분(分) 염색(染色)하고 60~70% EtOH에 2~3분(分) 씻은 다음 lactophenol로 mount하여 검경(檢鏡)하였다. 기주조직중(寄主組織中)에 분기만연(分技蔓延)한 본병원균(本病原菌) Cronartium ribicola의 비교적(比較的) 넓은 균사(菌絲)와 곤봉상(棍棒狀) 혹(或)은 만곡(彎曲)한 흡기(吸器)가 청염(靑染)됨으로서, 잣나무의 세포조직(細胞組織)과 용이(容易)하게 식별(識別)할 수 있었다. 수피부(樹皮部)에서는 균사(菌絲) 발달(發達)이 양호(良好)하나 목질부(木質部)에서는 방사조치(放射組織)의 투심종단면(透心縱斷面)에서의 관찰(觀察)이 용역(容易)하였고 타(他) 목질부(木質部) 조직(組織)에서는 거의 관찰(觀察)할 수 없었다.

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제31권3호
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• pp.299-304
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• 2015

Interaction of the the rust fungus Puccinia miscanthi with the biofuel plant Miscanthus sinensis during the teliospore phase was investigated by light and electron microscopy. P. miscanthi telia were oval-shaped and present on both the adaxial and abaxial leaf surfaces. Teliospores were brown, one-septate (two-celled), and had pedicels attached to one end. Transmission electron microscopy revealed numerous electron-translucent lipid globules in the cytoplasm of teliospores. Extensive cell wall dissolution around hyphae was not observed in the host tissues beneath the telia. Hyphae were found between mesophyll cells in the leaf tissues as well as in host cells. Intracellular hyphae, possibly haustoria, possessed electron-dense fungal cell walls encased by an electron-transparent fibrillar extrahaustorial sheath that had an electron-dense extrahaustorial membrane. The infected host cells appeared to maintain their membrane-bound structures such as nuclei and chloroplasts. These results suggest that the rust fungus maintains its biotrophic phase with most mesophyll cells of M. sinensis. Such a nutritional mode would permit the rust fungus to obtain food reserves for transient growth in the course of host alteration.

• 한국식물병리학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국식물병리학회 1995년도 Proceedings of special lectures on Molecular Biological Approaches to Plant Disease National Agricultural Science and Technology Institute Suwon, Korea
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• pp.27-53
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• 1995

In plant pathology there is an increasing necessity for improved cytological techniques as basis for the localization of cellular substances within the dynamic fine structure of the host-(plant)-pathogen-interaction. Low temperature (LT) preparation techniques (shock freezing, freeze substitution, LT embedding) are now successfully applied in plant pathology. They are regarded as important tools to stabilize the dynamic plant-pathogen-interaction as it exists under physiological conditions. - The main advantage of LT techniques versus conventional chemical fixation is seen in the maintenance of the hydration shell of molecules and macromolecular structures. This results in an improved fine structural preservation and in a superior retention of the antigenicity of proteins. - A well defined ultrastructure of small, fungal organisms and large biological samples such as plant material and as well as the plant-pathogen (fungus) infection sites are presented. The mesophyll tissue of Arabidopsis thaliana is characterized by homogeneously structured cytoplasm closely attached to the cell wall. From analyses of the compatible interaction between Erysiphe graminis f. sp. hordei on barley (Hordeum vulgare), various steps in the infection sequence can be identified. Infection sites of powdery mildew on primary leaves of barley are analysed with regard to the fine structural preservation of the haustoria. The presentation s focussed on the ultrastructure of the extrahaustorial matrix and the extrahaustorial membrane. - The integration of improved cellular preservation with a molecular analysis of the infected host cell is achieved by the application of secondary probing techniques, i.e. immunocytochemistry. Recent data on the characterization of freeze substituted powdery mildew and urst infected plant tissue by immunogold methodology are described with special emphasis on the localization of THRGP-like (threonine-hydrxyproline-rich glycoprotein) epitopes. Infection sites of powdery mildew on barley, stem rust as well as leaf rust (Puccinia recondita) on primary leaves of wheat were probed with a polyclonal antiserum to maize THRGP. Cross-reactivity with the anti-THRGP antiserum was observed over the extrahaustorial matrix of the both compatible and incompatible plant-pathogen interactions. The highly localized accumulation of THRGP-like epitopes at the extrahaustorial host-pathogen interface suggests the involvement of structural, interfacial proteins during the infection of monocotyledonous plants by obligate, biotrophic fungi.

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.209-215
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• 2010

Plant pathogenic oomycetes, such as Phytophthora spp., are the causal agent of the most devastating plant diseases. During infection, these pathogens accomplish parasitic colonization of plants by modulating host defenses through an array of disease effector proteins. These effectors are classified in two classes based on their target sites in the host plant. Apoplastic effectors are secreted into the plant extracellular space, and cytoplasmic effectors are translocated inside the plant cell, through the haustoria that enter inside living host cell. Recent characterization of some oomycete Avr genes showed that they encode effector protein with general modular structure including N-terminal conserved RXLR-DEER motif. More detailed evidences suggest that these AVR effectors are secreted by the pathogenic oomycetes and then translocated into the host plant cell during infection. Recent findings indicated that one of the P. infestans effector, Avrblb2, specifically induces hypersensitive response (HR) in the presence of Solanum bulbocastanum late blight resistance genes Rpi-blb2. On the other hand, another secreted RXLR protein PexRD8 originated from P. infestans suppressed the HCD triggered by the elicitin INF1. In this review, we described recent progress in characterized RXLR effectors in Phytophthora spp. and their dual functions as modulators of host plant immunity.

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제17권5호
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• pp.257-263
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• 2001

Species of the genus Orobanche are parasitic flowering plants, holoparasites, which cling to the roots of green plants. Their tiny seeds (200 x $250\mu\textrm{m}$) germinate in response to chemical stimuli produced by host and some non-host plants. Successful contact with their host leads to development of haustoria for obtaining water and food. The shoots above the ground expose flowers and disseminate seeds. Several samples of Orobanche ramosa, O. crenata, O. cernua, and O. egyptiaca were collected from different localities in Jordan. These samples showed one of the following disease symptoms: dry rot at the base of the stem; general deterioration and expanded lesion from base upward; soft tissue maceration of stem; and black rot of flower parts with incomplete maturation of the ovary and seeds. Isolation from diseased stems and seeds was made on three different mycological media. Several fungi were isolated, mainly, Fusarium spp., Alternaria alternata, Rhizoctonia sp., Dendrophora sp., Chaetomium sp., and an ascomycetus fungus with a perithecium. Pathogenicity tests showed that Fusarium spp. and Alternaria alternata attacked healthy living tissue of Orobanche spikes. These fungi caused lesions of black soft rot and complete deterioration within 5-7 days. They also attacked Orobanche seeds, arresting their germination and causing maceration of non-germinated and germinated seeds after 5-7 days of incubation. Meanwhile, Dendrophora sp. and Chaetomium sp. caused limited lesion at first, but were able to colonize the tissue as it aged and senesced. This study showed the presence of a potential endogenous pathogenic fungi in Jordan, which can be investigated as a biological control for Orobanche.

• 식물분류학회지
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• 제32권4호
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• pp.467-480
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• 2002

현호색속 6종의 대배우자체 발달과정이 공초점현미경(LSCM)과 광학현미경으로 비교, 관찰되었다; 흰현호색, 왜현호색, 섬현호색, Corydalis nobilis, C. solida, C. ophiocarpa. 포원세포는 돌출된 주심조직의 단층 표피 밑에 존재하는 측벽세포의 최외곽층 세포들에서 하나가 기원하였으며, 직접 대포자모세포로서 작용하였다. 대포자모세포는 대포자발생과정을 통하여 연속적으로 2회 분열한 후 선상의 4분체가 되었으며, 이들 중 주공쪽의 3개는 퇴화하고 합점쪽의 1개만이 기능성 대포자로 발달하였다. 자성배우자체의 발달 유형은 단포자성, 마디풀형(Polygonum type)이었다. 개화 전 자성배우자체는 성숙하였고, 따라서 성숙된 배낭은 3개의 세포로 이루어진 난장치, 거대한 핵이 있는 3개의 대형 반족세포 및 2차핵이 존재하는 1개의 중앙세포로 구성되어 있었다. 반족세포 흡기는 반족세포의 정단에서부터 각각 발달되었으며, 주공쪽으로 신장되어 난장치와 접촉하였다. 2개의 조세포는 보통 퇴화된 상태로 관찰되었으며, 이때 반족세포 흡기의 정단은 퇴화된 조세포와 연결되었다. 7-세포성 자성배우자체의 발달과정상 특징은 조사된 모든 종에서 공통적이었으나, 배낭의 형태는 흰현호색, 섬현호색, C. solida 및 C. ophiocarpa에서는 난형이었으며, 왜현호색에서는 반곡형인 반면 C. nobilis에서는 다소 납작한 난형이었다. 또한 대포자낭의 유형은 모든 종에서 도생배주였으나 왜현호색에서는 만곡배주였다.