CORRELATION BETWEEN SIZE OF THE FRUIT AND THE RESISTANCE OF THE TOMATO SKIN TO PUNCTURE AND ITS RELATION TO INFECTION WITH MACROSPORIUM TOMATO COOKE
CORRELATION BETWEEN SIZE OF THE FRUIT AND THE RESISTANCE OF THE TOMATO SKIN TO PUNCTURE AND ITS RELATION TO INFECTION WITH MACROSPORIUM TOMATO COOKE
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果实大小与番茄皮抗穿刺能力的相关性及其与番茄大孢子虫感染的关系
DOI:
10.1002/j.1537-2197.1920.tb05566.x
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发表时间:
1920
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通讯作者:
C. E. Sando
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作者:
J. Rosenbaum;C. E. Sando
That artificial infection with Macrosporium tomato Cooke' from tomato on uninjured tomato fruit can be obtained, provided fruit of a certain maturity as measured by size is used, has been established by one of the writers.2 The question naturally arises as to the cause of this apparent immunity or resistance in the fruit after it reaches a certain maturity. Previous investigations along these lines have been recently reviewed and summarized by Hawkins and Harvey3 as follows: "It is apparent that there is good evidence that some parasitic plants make their way into their host plants by breaking through the tissues mechanically. There is no doubt that some fungi secrete enzymes which break down the cell walls of certain plants and are thus able to make their way through the tissues of their hosts." The same workers from their infection studies with Pythium on potato conclude: "There is considerable evidence that the main factor in this penetration is the growth pressure of the fungus filament, and the resistance of the white McCormick potatoes to this disease is due to cell walls that are more resistant to mechanical puncture than are the cell walls of extremely susceptible varieties." The results obtained by Blackman and Welsford4 in their studies with Botrytis cinerea on Vicia Faba are of special interest. They state that " the piercing of the cuticle is due solely to the mechanical pressure exerted by the germ tube as a whole or by the special outgrowth from it." In the work reported in this paper the evidence obtained shows that: I. While a chemical difference is found in the an*alysis of young and old fruits, this is not the limiting factor in infection with Macrosporium. The