Starch Formation Induced by a Plant Parasitic Nematode
- 20 March 1964
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 143 (3612) , 1342-1343
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.143.3612.1342
Abstract
This is the first report that a nematode causes plant tissues to produce starch. The formation of starch granules in the syncytial cells of several plant species is induced by Nacobbus batatiformis . The starch, which is associated with the feeding of the nematode, appears within a few days after the animal has become situated in the plant roots and diminishes in amount during nematode reproduction. The starch granules show the usual optical properties.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- THE ULTRASTRUCTURE AND HISTOCHEMISTRY OF A NEMATODE-INDUCED GIANT CELLThe Journal of cell biology, 1961
- Distribution, relation to weeds, and histology of sugar beet root galls caused by Nacobbus batatiformis Thorne and SchusterJournal of Sugarbeet Research, 1956