Pathological anatomy of the bacterial phloem canker disease of Juglans regia

1970 ◽  
Vol 48 (6) ◽  
pp. 1055-1060 ◽  
Author(s):  
Norman W. Schaad ◽  
E. E. Wilson

Erwinia rubrifaciens Wilson, Zeitoun, and Fredrickson invades sieve tubes and parenchyma cells of the nonfunctional secondary phloem of Persian walnut, Juglans regia L. Because the sieve plate pores are great enough in diameter to allow passage of the bacteria, the nonfunctional phloem system provides an avenue along which the bacteria moves long distances up and down the bark. Functional phloem, on the other hand, does not exhibit symptoms of the disease nor is it found to contain the bacteria. Although the bacteria invade the ray parenchyma and move radially through these elements to the outer xylem, bacteria are not found to enter the xylem vessels. In culture, E. rubrifaciens produces long flexuous flagella. When taken from inoculated leaf tissue, however, it does not possess flagella. Hence, transport of bacteria from one sieve tube to another appears to be by apoplastic movement. Internal symptoms develop in two stages: a primary stage due to invasion of degenerate sieve tubes, and a secondary stage due to invasion of parenchyma cells and subsequent formation of wound callus. Pressure from wound callus induces vertical cracks in the bark. A slimy substance containing the bacteria exudes through the cracks to the bark surface, thereby allowing dispersion of the bacteria.

1970 ◽  
Vol 48 (6) ◽  
pp. 1049-1053 ◽  
Author(s):  
Norman W. Schaad ◽  
E. E. Wilson

In Persian walnut (Juglans regia L.), as in other deciduous dicotyledonous trees, a small (0.5 mm) amount of secondary phloem is functional for only one season and a large amount is nonfunctional. In 1968 in Central California the cycle of phloem development began in late February and ended sometime before mid-October. The phloem annual ring was composed of distinctive tangential bands, allowing easy distinction of seasonal growth increments. Each growth increment could be divided into early- and late-season tissue. Early-season phloem, composed principally of large sieve tubes, was separated from late-season phloem by a band of fibers. The late-season phloem was composed of a mixture of narrow sieve tubes, parenchyma cells, and, occasionally, an incomplete tangential band of fibers. The annual rings were not crushed except for the early-season phloem, which was somewhat compressed by growth of the woody cylinder. The bark of walnut becomes thicker with age because of this and the enlargement of parenchyma cells.


1970 ◽  
Vol 48 (2) ◽  
pp. 341-359 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lalit M. Srivastava

The origin of sieve elements and parenchyma cells in the secondary phloem of Austrobaileya was studied by use of serial cross sections stained with tannic acid – ferric chloride and lacmoid. In three important respects, Austrobaileya phloem recalls gymnospermous features: it has sieve cells rather than sieve-tube members; a significant proportion of sieve elements and companion cells arise independently of each other; and sieve areas occur between sieve elements and companion cells ontogenetically unrelated to each other. The angiospermous feature includes origin of most sieve elements and parenchyma, including companion cells, after divisions in phloic initials. In these instances companion cells show a closer ontogenetic relationship to sieve elements than do other parenchyma cells. The combination of gymnospermous and angiospermous features makes phloem of Austrobaileya unique when compared to that of all those species that have been investigated in detail. It is further suggested that the term albuminous cells is inappropriate and should be replaced by companion cells but that the ontogenetic relationship implicit in the definition of companion cells is too restrictive and should be abandoned.


IAWA Journal ◽  
1991 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 223-234 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roni Aloni ◽  
Carol A. Peterson

The secondary phloem of Vitis vinifera L. is characterised by a radial gradient of sieve tube diameters. Sieve tubes maturing early in the growing season have the largest diameters; those maturing late in the season have the smallest. In early spring, masses of winter dormancy callose are gradually digested in a polar radial pattern, proceeding outwards from the cambium. The fluorescent dye, fluorescein, was used to detect translocation in sieve tubes. During spring, dye translocation was first observed in the wider sieve tubes produced near the end of the previous year and wh ich had reduced amounts of callose. But translocation was not observed in the very narrow sieve tubes formed at the end of the year although they were the first to be callose free. The reactivated sieve tubes functioned for about one month. New sieve tubes differentiated three weeks after dormancy callose breakdown and started to function about one week later, so that the transition of translocation activity from the sieve tubes of the previous year to those of the current year is relatively rapid. The sieve tubes formed toward the end of the growing season (but not the narrowest ones formed at the very end of the season) function during parts of two successive seasons, while the sieve tubes forrned early in the season usually function during the first year only. Callose amounts increase gradually during summer in both the old and new sieve tubes and become relatively heavy in the old ones. At this developmental stage, translocation occurs through young sieve plates with relatively high callose deposits.


1990 ◽  
Vol 68 (2) ◽  
pp. 354-363 ◽  
Author(s):  
David G. Fisher

Four distinct anatomical types of minor veins occur in Cananga odorata leaves. In order of decreasing size, they are (i) type I, with tracheary elements, fibers, vascular parenchyma cells, companion cells, and mostly nacreous-walled sieve-tube members; (ii) type II, with the same cell types except that the sieve-tube members have walls that usually lack nacreous thickenings; (iii) type III, with only vascular parenchyma cells and tracheids; and (iv) type IV (vein endings), with tracheary elements only. The proportions of the total minor vein length occupied by each are type I, 15.1%; type II, 27.2%; type III, 24.4%; and type IV, 33.3%. Thus about 60% of the minor vein network lacks sieve tubes. The average interveinal distance for all minor veins is 121 μm, but the average for veins containing sieve-tubes is 329 μm. Other salient features include vascular parenchyma cells up to 130 μm long, bundle-sheath cells whose lateral protuberances into the mesophyll increase extensively with decreasing vein size, and five layers of horizontally oriented spongy parenchyma cells. These features may facilitate transport of assimilate to the relatively small proportion of the minor vein network that contains sieve tubes.


1967 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Esau ◽  
J. Cronshaw ◽  
L. L. Hoefert

In minor veins of leaves of Beta vulgaris L. (sugar beet) yellows virus particles were found both in parenchyma cells and in mature sieve elements. In parenchyma cells the particles were usually confined to the cytoplasm, that is, they were absent from the vacuoles. In the sieve elements, which at maturity have no vacuoles, the particles were scattered throughout the cell. In dense aggregations the particles tended to assume an orderly arrangement in both parenchyma cells and sieve elements. Most of the sieve elements containing virus particles had mitochondria, plastids, endoplasmic reticulum, and plasma membrane normal for mature sieve elements. Some sieve elements, however, showed evidence of degeneration. Virus particles were present also in the pores of the sieve plates, the plasmodesmata connecting the sieve elements with parenchyma cells, and the plasmodesmata between parenchyma cells. The distribution of the virus particles in the phloem of Beta is compatible with the concept that plant viruses move through the phloem in the sieve tubes and that this movement is a passive transport by mass flow. The observations also indicate that the beet yellows virus moves from cell to cell and in the sieve tube in the form of complete particles, and that this movement may occur through sieve-plate pores in the sieve tube and through plasmodesmata elsewhere.


2011 ◽  
Vol 72 (4) ◽  
pp. 269-282 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Rudzińska-Langwald ◽  
Maria Kamińska

Roots of <em>Gladiolus </em>x <em>hybridus </em>Van Houtte plants infected with aster yellows phytoplasma were examined. The infected plants had a reduced root system in comparison to control plants. Their roots were thinner and the stele organisation was changed. Phytoplasmas were present in sieve tubes, companion cells and phloem parenchyma cells of the infected plant roots. Free calcium ions were localized in the cells of infected plants. Cells of the stele of infected roots, especially these infected with phytoplasmas, showed an increase of calcium antimonite deposits in theirs protoplasts. Also the number of calcium antimonite deposits increased in sieve tubes of infected roots. The deposits were present on plasma membrane, around the sieve tube plate and also in the lumen of the sieve tube. The increase of free calcium ions in sieve tubes did not cause the occlusion of sieve tube pores. Companion cells and some parenchyma cells with phytoplasmas did not react to phytoplasma infection with an increase of Ca<sup>2+</sup> ions in protoplast. The parenchyma cells showing signs of degeneration reacted with high increase of calcium ions. The Ca<sup>2+</sup> ions were present mainly in cytoplasm of infected parenchyma cells. There were calcium antimonite deposits in infected plant roots xylem elements and in intracellular spaces of cortex parenchyma. Such deposits were not present in control plants.


IAWA Journal ◽  
1990 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 379-391 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. N. B. Nair ◽  
H. Y. Mohan Ram

The wood of Dalbergia paniculata is unique as it consists of concentric layers of broad xylem, alternating with bands of narrow phloem. This anomaly results from the periodic formation of successive cambia in the secondary phloem. Some phloem parenchyma cells dedifferentiate to form a discontinuous ring of cambium. Such parenchyma cells have higher succinate dehydrogenase activity than the neighbouring cells of secondary phloem. The newly differentiated cambial layer functions bidirectionally, and its products give rise to xylem internally and phloem externally. The phloem along with cambium present internal to the newly formed xylem becomes included.The wood is diffuse-porous and the intervessel pits are vestured. The phloem has welldifferentiated sieve tube members and companion cells.


2017 ◽  
Vol 65 (2) ◽  
pp. 157 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paula C. B. Vergílio ◽  
Carmen R. Marcati

Bark comprises structurally and functionally complex plant tissues, providing a rich source of traits for taxonomic, phylogenetic, evolutionary and ecological studies. We compared bark traits of Stryphnodendron polyphyllum Mart. (Leguminosae) specimens growing in two Cerrado habitats (cerrado sensu stricto and gallery forest, being fire-prone and non-fire-prone habitats respectively), to determine which bark traits could be considered diagnostic and adaptively informative. We analysed the anatomy and thickness of the periderm, cortex, primary and secondary phloem, and also the bark histochemistry. Stryphnodendron polyphyllum is distinctive from other Stryphnodendron species reported in the literature, by the presence of a rhytidome, stratified lenticels and the non-collapsed parenchyma cells in the non-conducting phloem, which are, therefore, diagnostic traits for this species. Bark of S. polyphyllum showed a trade-off in resource allocation between the periderm and secondary phloem, whereas the thicker rhytidome seemed to be associated with fire protection in specimens from the fire-prone habitat, the wider sieve tubes in the thicker conducting secondary phloem indicated efficiency of photosynthate transport in the specimens from non-fire-prone habitat.


1983 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 197 ◽  
Author(s):  
JT Tippett ◽  
SR Shea ◽  
TC Hill ◽  
BL Shearer

Phytophthora cinnamomi Rands invaded the secondary phloem of inoculated roots and stems of Eucalyptus marginata Donn. ex Sm. For 12 months after inoculation, lesion development was followed in coppice stems. As lesions extended, the phloem or inner bark became discoloured due to the accumulation and oxidation of polyphenols. Starch also was deposited in the necrotic phloem. The primary wall material of sieve tubes and associated parenchyma was hydrolysed but fibres were unaffected. Fungal spread was most rapid in the outer phloem tissue where cells were loosely packed and characterized by many expanded parenchyma cells. Fungal invasion of the inner phloem resulted in cambial kill. Roots were not girdled by the fungus in the first 12 months after inoculation, as they resisted tangential spread of the fungus more effectively than coppice stems. Lesions were contained once necrophylactic (wound) periderms formed in the bark. Although the necrophylactic periderm restricted fungal activity during winter and spring, the fungus did 'break-out' in summer and invade new areas of phloem in 50% of the inoculated roots and stems. Summer lesion extension was usually associated with kino production: a series of kino veins reflected the intermittent activity of the fungus. Once the characteristics of typical lesions were recognized, interpretation of root lesions resulting from natural infections was possible.


2014 ◽  
Vol 70 (3) ◽  
pp. 173-180 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Rudzińska-Langwald ◽  
Maria Kamińska

Changes in anatomy and cytology of conducting tissues of <em>Limonium sinuatum</em> Mill. plants affected by aster yellows phytoplasma were investigated. In the phloem tissues of affected plants stem necrosis takes place. In necrotic regions no sieve tubes were observed only necrotic cells and parenchyma cells. The sieve tubes present on the border of necrosis showed collapsed walls and were rich in vesicles. Phytoplasma cells were observed in sieve tubes present in nonnecrotic regions of the phloem. Various structural changes in sieve elements were investigated. The endoplasmic reticulum cistemae were often localised in the lumen of the sieve element without contact with the walls. Such localisation of endoplasmic reticulum was never observed in healthy plants. Vesicles of different size, fuzzy material and clumping of p-proteins were characteristic for sieve elements from nonnecrotic part of phloem. No correlation with the sieve tube structure and the appearance of phytoplasma in a single sieve element was found. In control plants of <em>L. sinuatum</em> phloem observed were phloem parenchyma cells with spiny vesicles (SV). In infected plants there were a remarkable increase in cells with SV. Also the SV itself had not only a vesicular but also a tubular or extended cistern shape.


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