Variation in response to infection with Erysiphe graminis hordei and Puccinia hordei in some wild barley populations in a centre of diversity

Euphytica ◽  
1991 ◽  
Vol 57 (2) ◽  
pp. 133-140 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Jana ◽  
E. Nevo
Genome ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
pp. 631-638 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qifa Zhang ◽  
G. P. Yang ◽  
Xiankai Dai ◽  
J. Z. Sun

This study was conducted to address some of the issues concerning the possible significance of Tibet in the origin and evolution of cultivated barley. A total of 1757 barley accessions from Tibet, including 1496 entries of Hordeum vulgare ssp. vulgare (HV), 229 entries of the six-rowed wild barley H. vulgare ssp. agriocrithon (HA), and 32 entries of the two-rowed wild barley H. vulgare ssp. spontaneum (HS), were assayed for allozymes at four esterase loci. A subsample of 491 accessions was surveyed for spacer-length polymorphism at two ribosomal DNA loci. Genetic variation is extensive in these barley groups, and the amount of genetic diversity in cultivated barley of this region is comparable with that of cultivated barley worldwide. The level of genetic variation of HA is significantly lower than the other two barley groups, and there is also substantial heterogeneity in the level of polymorphism among different agrigeographical subregions. However, little genetic differentiation was detected among the three barley groups (HV, HA, and HS), as well as among different agrigeographical subregions. Comparison of the results from this and previous studies indicated a strong differentiation between Oriental and Occidental barley, thus favoring the hypothesis of a diphyletic origin of cultivated barley.Key words: Hordeum, allozyme, rDNA spacer-length variation, centre of diversity, phylogeny.


1978 ◽  
Vol 56 (20) ◽  
pp. 2544-2549 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susumu Takamatsu ◽  
Hiroshi Ishizaki ◽  
Hitoshi Kunoh

Some effects of calcium salts on the infection process of Erysiphe graminis hordei in coleoptiles of barley were investigated. Calcium chloride enhanced the incidence of haustoria but depressed that of papillae. Calcium bromide and calcium nitrate likewise enhanced the incidence of haustoria. Calcium chloride treatment at varied times and with varied durations during incubation after inoculation showed that events occurring in coleoptiles between 9 and 13 h after inoculation were most affected by the treatment. This period included the times that appressoria matured, cytoplasm aggregated, papillae were produced, and haustoria were formed, and the effect of calcium might be associated with one or more of these events.


1979 ◽  
Vol 57 (4) ◽  
pp. 408-412 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Takamatsu ◽  
H. Ishizaki ◽  
H. Kunoh

Earlier researchers have shown that the susceptibility of barley to infection by Erysiphe graminis hordei is enhanced by calcium ions but inhibited by lithium. Some effects of these ions on the infection process of E. graminis hordei in coleoptiles of barley were investigated in this study. Whereas 1 mM lithium chloride inhibited appressorial formation considerably and haustorial formation completely, these effects were totally offset by 10 mM calcium chloride. Moreover, whereas 5 and 10 mM lithium chloride inhibited both appressorial and haustorial formation completely, the former was offset considerably by 10 mM calcium chloride, but the latter was not.Sequential calcium chloride − lithium chloride or lithium chloride − calcium chloride treatments carried out at different times and for various durations showed that events occurring in coleoptiles 11 to 13 h after inoculation were most vulnerable to the treatments. These events correspond to infection stages involving the development of cytoplasmic aggregates, papillae, and haustoria. The data suggest that the two ions in question might compete for a common binding site in a reaction(s) associated with certain stages of appressorial and haustorial development.


1970 ◽  
Vol 16 (11) ◽  
pp. 1041-1044 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. E. McKeen

Osmiophilic bodies appear in parts of the colonial growth of Erysiphe graminis DC. f. sp. hordei Em Marchal culture CR3 growing on the susceptible commercial Keystone variety of barley. They are readily observed by the light and electron microscope after osmium tetroxide staining and are abundant in conidiophores, conidia, and mycelium except in haustorial mother cells, in which they are usually absent. The metabolism of haustorial mother cells is distinct and the fine structure of adjoining cells is frequently different. Osmiophilic bodies are absent from the growing hyphal tip, but gradually increase in number and size further back in the terminal cell. Electron micrographs show that they are intracytoplasmic, intravacuolar, and up to 1 μ in diameter. When the colony is washed with acetone or alcohol rather than with aqueous buffer, after glutaraldehyde fixation, before osmium tetroxide fixation, the osmiophilic bodies are removed, indicating that they are lipids. Fat stains, Sudan black B, and Sudan IV stain these bodies. Perhaps the water needs of the germinating conidium are met in part by the oxidation of fats.


Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document