Summary
Using susceptible and resistant sugar beet lines, comparative analyses of root histology and ultrastructure were made during invasion by nematodes and the induction and formation of specific feeding structures (syncytia).The resistant line carried the resistance geneHs1pro−1.Nematodes were able to invade and induce functional syncytia in roots of resistant and susceptible lines. However, syncytia in resistant roots were smaller and less hypertrophied. The vacuolar system of syncytia in susceptible plants contained many small vacuoles. In resistant plants vacuoles were larger but less numerous. Smooth endoplasmic reticulum prevailed in syncytial protoplasts of susceptible plants, whereas almost only rough endoplasmic reticulum occurred in syncytia in resistant plants. The most conspicuous and hitherto undescribed trait of syncytia in resistant roots was the initial appearance of loose, and later compact, aggregations of the endomembrane system which composed most of the endoplasmicreticulum system of syncytia at later stages. Syncytia in resistant plants usually degraded before the nematodes reached their adult stage. The appearance of membrane aggregations and the other resistance-specific features are discussed in relation to their possible effects on syncytium function and role in nematode resistance.
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Abbreviations
- DAI:
-
days after inoculation
- ER:
-
endoplasmic reticulum
- ISC:
-
initial syncytial cell
- J2:
-
second-stage juvenile
- MA:
-
membrane aggregations
- RER:
-
rough endoplasmic reticulum
- SER:
-
smooth endoplasmic reticulum
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Holtmann, B., Kleine, M. & Grundler, F.M.W. Ultrastructure and anatomy of nematode-induced syncytia in roots of susceptible and resistant sugar beet. Protoplasma 211, 39–50 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01279898
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