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Patterns of infection withFusarium culmorum (W G Smith) Saccardo were observed in seedling roots of barley (Hordeum vulgare L.), wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), maize (Zea mays L.) and asparagus (Asparagus officinalis L). Apical regions of the main roots were not infected. Since penetration into the root occurred several days after inoculation and the roots were growing during the experiment, these regions had apparently not been in existence long enough to be infected. In older regions of barley, wheat and asparagus, hyphae entered through the tips of lateral roots. In barley and wheat, which had not developed any suberin lamellae in their subepidermal layer, infection occurred randomly over the remainder of the root. In maize, the fungus penetrated the epidermis at many sites but did not breach the exodermis in which all cells possessed both Casparian bands and suberin lamellae. Maize roots, therefore, sustained only minimal infections. In asparagus, the fungus grew through the short (passage) cells but never the long cells of the exodermis. In doing so, it penetrated cells possessing Casparian bands but lacking suberin lamellae. The results support the hypothesis that suberin lamellae provide effective barriers to the growth ofF. culmorum hyphae.
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Kamula, S.A., Peterson, C.A. & Mayfield, C.I. Impact of the exodermis on infection of roots byFusarium culmorum . Plant Soil 167, 121–126 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01587606
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