Claim · model-written summary
No symplastic connections were observed at the parasite/host interface in apical buds of Pseudotsuga menziesii parasitized by Arceuthobium douglasii.
- Taxon
- Pseudotsuga menziesii
Pseudotsuga menziesiie4 - Organ / stage
- apical budse4
- Interactor
- A. douglasii
Arceuthobium douglasiie4parasite - Outcome
- symplastic connectionse4
Verbatim
e4“No symplastic connections were observed in the ultrastructural examination of the parasite/host interface within the apical buds of Pseudotsuga menziesii parasitized by A. douglasii or of Pinus contorta parasitized by A. americanum”
Title
DAVID LYE Annals of Botany 2006. doi:10.1093/aob/mcl051
Other claims from this paper (4)
- Observation Arceuthobium douglasii shows an organized distribution pattern in Pseudotsuga menziesii tissues that penetrates further than previously known.
- Observation The endophyte grows in a consistent pattern even into the preformed leaves of Pseudotsuga menziesii.
- Observation No symplastic connections were observed at the parasite/host interface in Pinus contorta parasitized by Arceuthobium americanum.
- Observation The non-intrusive growth of the parasite appears to be developmentally synchronized with that of its host.