ELECTRON MICROSCOPY OF UREDOSPORES OF MELAMPSORA LINI AND OF RUST-INFECTED FLAX

1967 ◽  
Vol 45 (9) ◽  
pp. 1575-1582 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. S. Manocha ◽  
Michael Shaw

Thin sections of germinated and ungerminated uredospores of the flax rust fungus (Melampsora lini (Pers.) Lev.) and rust-infected cotyledons of flax (Linum usitatissimum L., variety Bison) were examined in a Philips 100B electron microscope. The line structure of the mature uredospores, the formation of germ tubes including the development of cross walls, and of the intercellular mycelium, haustoria, sporogenous hyphae, and developing uredospores are all briefly described. Germinated and ungerminated uredospores were fixed in KMnO4 followed by OsO4 at room temperature. Infected tissue was fixed in KMnO4 at room temperature or in glutaraldehyde at 4 °C followed by OsO4 at 4 °C. Nucleoli were not observed in the nuclei of mature uredospores or germ tubes but were present in the intercellular mycelium, sporogenous hyphae, and developing uredospores and were particularly prominent in the two haustorial nuclei. The results are discussed and attention is drawn to the need for further work on the nuclei and nucleoli in germinating uredospores under conditions conducive to the development of infection structures.

Author(s):  
E. F. Koch

A technique has been devised using a diamond knife ultramicrotome in conjunction with a freezing head to prepare thin sections of porous polymer membranes. The thin sections are examined and photographed in transmission with an electron microscope to reveal the hole sizes in the membranes.Attempts to microtome a particular type of porous polymer membrane at room temperature proved unsuccessful, since the polymer membrane was not strong enough to support Itself when cut to appropriate viewing thicknesses of about 250 Å to 500 Å. It was thought that some degree of rigidity could be imparted to the polymer by cooling it below room temperature. Therefore, a freezing head was made for the Porter-Blum microtome, similar to the one developed by Crudgington, Fig. 1.


Author(s):  
T. Baird ◽  
J.R. Fryer ◽  
S.T. Galbraith

Introduction Previously we had suggested (l) that the striations observed in the pod shaped crystals of β FeOOH were an artefact of imaging in the electron microscope. Contrary to this adsorption measurements on bulk material had indicated the presence of some porosity and Gallagher (2) had proposed a model structure - based on the hollandite structure - showing the hollandite rods forming the sides of 30Å pores running the length of the crystal. Low resolution electron microscopy by Watson (3) on sectioned crystals embedded in methylmethacrylate had tended to support the existence of such pores.We have applied modern high resolution techniques to the bulk crystals and thin sections of them without confirming these earlier postulatesExperimental β FeOOH was prepared by room temperature hydrolysis of 0.01M solutions of FeCl3.6H2O, The precipitate was washed, dried in air, and embedded in Scandiplast resin. The sections were out on an LKB III Ultramicrotome to a thickness of about 500Å.


Author(s):  
W. P. Wergin ◽  
S. Roy ◽  
E. F. Erbe ◽  
C. A. Murphy ◽  
C. D. Pooley

Larvae of the nematode, Steinernema carpocapsae Weiser strain All, were cryofixed and freezesubstituted for 3 days in acetone containing 2% osmium tetroxide according to established procedures. Following chemical fixation, the nematodes were brought to room temperature, embedded in Spurr's medium and sectioned for observation with a Hitachi S-4100 field emission scanning electron microscope that was equipped with an Oxford CT 1500 Cryotrans System. Thin sections, about 80 nm thick, similar to those generally used in conventional transmission electron microscope (TEM) studies were mounted on copper grids and stained with uranyl acetate for 30 min and lead citrate for 5 min. Sections about 2 μm thick were also mounted and stained in a similar fashion. The grids were mounted on an Oxford grid holder, inserted into the microscope and onto a cryostage that was operated at ambient temperature. Thick and thin sections of the larvae were evaluated and photographed in the SEM at different accelerating voltages. Figs. 4 and 5 have undergone contrast conversion so that the images would resemble transmitted electron micrographs obtained with a TEM.


2002 ◽  
Vol 82 (1) ◽  
pp. 101-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. G. Rowland ◽  
Y. A. Hormis ◽  
K. Y. Rashid

CDC Bethune, is a medium-late-maturing oilseed flax (Linum usitatissimum L.) developed by Crop Development Centre, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. This cultivar has medium oil content, medium oil quality, medium seed size, good lodging resistance and high yield when seeded early in the Black and the Brown Soil zones of the prairies. It is immune to North American races of rust caused by Melampsora lini and moderately resistant to wilt caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lini. Key words: Flax, oilseed, Linum usitatissimum L., cultivar description


Author(s):  
Helen M. Booker ◽  
Gordon Rowland ◽  
Hadley R. Kutcher ◽  
khalid Y. rashid

CDC Buryu, a late maturing oilseed flax (Linum usitatissimum L.), was registered in 2016 by the Crop Development Centre, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. This cultivar had yield (106%) comparable to CDC Bethune and a maturity rating equal to Flanders in all soil zones of the Northern Prairies. The yield advantage over CDC Bethune was greater (>8%) in the Brown soil and Black soil zones of the Northern Prairies. It had medium oil content, oil quality, and seed size and good lodging resistance. It is immune to North American rust (race 371) caused by Melampsora lini and moderately resistant to wilt caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. Lini and powdery mildew caused by Oidium lini.


1996 ◽  
Vol 76 (3) ◽  
pp. 483-485 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. O. Kenaschuk ◽  
K. Y. Rashid ◽  
G. H. Gubbels

AC Emerson, a medium-early maturing oilseed flax (Linum usitatissimum L.), was released by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Agri-Food Diversification Research Centre, Morden, Manitoba, in 1994. The cultivar has high oil quality, medium-large seed size and was high yielding in both early and late seeding tests in the Black and the Brown Soil zones of Manitoba and Saskatchewan. Because of its chlorosis tolerance, it is particularly well suited to the calcareous soils of Manitoba. It is immune to North American races of rust caused by Melampsora lini and moderately resistant to wilt caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lini. Key words: Flax, oilseed, Linum usitatissimum L., cultivar description


1998 ◽  
Vol 78 (3) ◽  
pp. 465-466 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. O. Kenaschuk ◽  
K. Y. Rashid

AC Watson, a medium–early maturing oilseed flax (Linum usitatissimum L.) was released in 1997 by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Research Centre, Morden, Manitoba. The cultivar has high oil quality, medium-large seed size, good lodging resistance, and with good yielding in both early and late seeding in the Black and the Brown Soil zones of the prairies. It is immune to North American races of rust caused by Melampsora lini and moderately resistant to wilt caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lini. Key words: Flax, oilseed, Linum usitatissimum L., cultivar description


2004 ◽  
Vol 84 (3) ◽  
pp. 801-803 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. D. Duguid ◽  
E. O. Kenaschuk ◽  
K. Y. Rashid

Prairie Blue, a medium- late maturing oilseed flax (Linum usitatissimum L.), was released in 2003 by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Morden Research Station, Morden, Manitoba. This cultivar has high oil content, high oil quality, small seed size, very good lodging resistance and high yield in all soil zones of the prairies. It is immune to current North American races of rust [Melampsora lini (Ehrenb.) Desmaz], and moderately resistant to wilt caused by Fusarium oxysporum Schlecht. f. sp. lini (Bolley) Snyder & Hansen. Key words: Flax, oilseed, Linum usitatissimum L., cultivar description


1985 ◽  
Vol 33 (8) ◽  
pp. 809-812 ◽  
Author(s):  
M E Rey ◽  
H M Garnett

Digitaria eriantha pentzii was fed 3H-glucose prior to inoculation with uredospores of Puccinia digitariae Pole Evans. Twenty-one hours after inoculation, uptake of label from 3H-glucose by the primary infection structures of P. digitariae was demonstrated employing autoradiography. These results indicate that an exchange of nutrients between host and pathogen occurs very early on in the infection process, during the formation of the primary infection structures. Despite contrary reports that obligate parasites receive no nutrition before establishment of haustoria, this study supports the work of Andrews (Can J Bot 53:1103, 1975), who demonstrated uptake of 3H-glucose label from lettuce cotyledons into the primary and secondary infection vesicles, appressoria, and germ tubes of Bremia lactucae.


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