Changes in the metabolism of wheat leaves induced by infection with powdery mildew
Changes in the metabolism of wheat leaves induced by infection with powdery mildew
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DOI:
10.2307/2437306
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发表时间:
1942-06-01
影响因子:
3
通讯作者:
Allen, PJ
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作者:
Allen, PJ
These changes in leaves infected with Erysiphe graminis var. tritid are divided into 2 phases. In the 1st, the respiration of heavily inoculated leaves rises from 0.2 to 1 mm.3 O2/mg. fresh wt./hr., and represents primarily an oxidation of glucose (as indicated by an R. Q. close to 1 and a parallelism between respiration and glucose content). Glucose content increases from 0.2 to 0.8% of the fresh wt.; sucrose from 0.3 to 1.3%; starch from 0 to 0.2%. The maximum in all of the above is reached on the same day. Chlorophyll decreases from approx. 3.0 X 10-9 to 1.2 X10-9 moles/mg. fresh wt.; photosynthesis from 22 to 3 or 4 mm.3 CO2 reduced/mg./hr. In lightly inoculated leaves (20-100 colonies/cm.2) these changes take longer, and there are 2 peaks in the respiratory curve corresponding to the development of primary and secondary colonies. Most of the mildew development is during this period. In the 2d phase, which terminates with death of the leaves, respiration, glucose, sucrose, and starch decrease rapidly to a low level or disappear; chlorophyll may continue to decrease or may increase slightly; photosynthesis continues to decline, but more slowly; and there is little further mildew growth. The appearance of green islands beneath mildew colonies represents a re-formation of chlorophyll in areas where it was first destroyed.