EXPERIMENTAL INITIATION OF HAUSTORIA IN AGALINIS PURPUREA (SCROPHULARIACEAE)
EXPERIMENTAL INITIATION OF HAUSTORIA IN AGALINIS PURPUREA (SCROPHULARIACEAE)
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紫花吸器(玄参科)的实验启动
DOI:
10.1002/j.1537-2197.1979.tb06259.x
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发表时间:
1979
影响因子:
3
通讯作者:
L. Musselman
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作者:
J. L. Riopel;L. Musselman
The initiation and early developmental stages of the haustorium were studied in Agalinis purpurea (Scrophulariaceae). Plants were grown in a O.9Wo agar inorganic medium with a 0.5% sucrose supplement. Root exudate collected from Lespedeza sericea induced the initiation of haustoria, with earliest stages evident in 6-12 hr. A 30-min exposure to exudate produced an increased frequency of haustoria and a 24-hr exposure yielded haustorial frequencies equal to the number that were initiated on control plants continuously exposed to root exudate for the 5-day growth period. The early cytological features of haustorial development are described and the possible significance of haustorial initiation in host recognition is discussed. AGALINIS PURPUREA (L.) Raf. is a chlorophyll-containing root parasite of the Scrophulariaceae. This plant is a widespread herbaceous annual of eastern North America. Like other hemiparasites in the subfamily Rhinanthoideae, it produces specialized root structures termed haustoria which form a morphological and physiological bridge between host and parasite. Haustorial structure has been described in numerous studies although the process of initiation and development has received little attention (Kuijt, 1977). The only experimental work on haustorial development has been that of Malcolm (1966) on Castilleja coccinea and Melampyrum lineare, Thurman (1966) on several species of Orthocarpus, and Atsatt (1973) who reported on agar cultures of Orthocarpus purpurascens. These studies did not focus on the cytological details of initiation. Developmental observations of early parasite contact by Striga asiatica (Rogers and Nelson, 1962) and with Alectra vogelii (Visser, Dorr, and Kollmann, 1977) concerned direct transformation of the root apex into a haustorium upon host contact. Other recent studies (Dobbins and Kuijt, 1973; Musselman and Dickison, 1975; Weber 1976a) are based on collections from field material.