Claim · model-written summary
Nematodes moved through cell walls instead of between them.
- Taxon
- Soybean
Glycine maxt0 - Outcome
- moved through cell walls rather than between theme0
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Verbatim
e0“Nematodes moved through cell walls rather than between them”
t0“Soybean”
Title
Histopathology of Soybean Roots Infected with Heliocotylenchus dihystera.
D P Orbin PubMed 1973
Other claims from this paper (9)
- Observation Adults and larvae occupied semi-endoparasitic and endoparasitic feeding positions.
- Observation Adults, larvae and eggs occurred within root cortex behind the maturation region.
- Observation Small brown lesions affected walls of six to ten cells near the nematode.
- Observation Endoparasitic nematodes were usually coiled within one or two cell walls.
- Observation Infected-cell cytoplasm appeared normal, without nuclear proliferation.
- Observation Infected-cell walls were thickened and lignified.
- Observation There was no cell swelling or giant cell formation.
- Observation Uncoiled nematodes usually aligned parallel to vascular tissue but had no consistent root-apex orientation.
- Observation No persistent burrows were observed.