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Cryosubstitution provides an improved ultrastructural preservation of the two plant pathogensVenturia inaequalis andErysiphe graminis when compared to conventional preparation methods. Further, freezing the infected whole leaf material on a copper block cooled with liquid helium gave better results than those observed with the propane plunging method. Novel observations concerning the fungal stroma and haustoria were made which showed ribosomes organized into groups that were evenly distributed throughout the cytoplasm of both fungi. Stretches of rough endoplasmic reticulum were present, and microtubules were seen, sometimes associated with mitochondria. A large number of darkly staining vacuoles were observed in both fungi. The polarity of organelles and microtubules along the longitudinal axis of the haustorial body ofE. gramnis and along the growing direction of subcuticular stroma and runner hypha ofV. inaequalis was evident. InE. graminis filasomes were observed, as were Golgi-like bodies. These new observations, together with the advantages of the cryosubstitution technique, can serve as a basis for further studies in understanding host-parasite interactions.
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Dahmen, H., Hobot, J.A. Ultrastructural analysis ofErysiphe graminis haustoria and subcuticular stroma ofVenturia inaequalis using cryosubstitution. Protoplasma 131, 92–102 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01281690
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