Nuclear condition and germination characteristics of the aeciosporesof Cronartium comandrae and C. comptoniae
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Two pine stem rusts, Cronartium comandrae Pk. and C. comptoniae Arth., had binucleate mature aeciospores which produced non-septate branched or unbranched germ tubes. No nuclear divisions occurred, and the two nuclei migrated together towards the tip of the germ tube and into an appressorium, if formed. This type of nuclear behavior and germ-tube growth is characteristic of host-alternating races, and distinguishes them from pine-to-pine races. Aeciospores of C. comandrae characteristically produced two or more germ tubes, unlike other pine stem rusts which usually produced one germ tube per spore.
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1974 ◽
Vol 25
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pp. 9
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2011 ◽
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pp. 9421-9427
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1972 ◽
Vol 58
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pp. 59-66
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