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Genetics of Phytopathology: Fungal Morphogenesis and Plant Infection

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Progress in Botany

Part of the book series: Progress in Botany ((BOTANY,volume 65))

Abstract

Many fungi have evolved distinct cellular structures to facilitate the invasion of their host plants. These infection structures exhibit a range of morphological and physiological specialisations (Staples and Hoch 1987; Mendgen and Deising 1993; Deising et al. 1996; Perfect and Green 2001). The fact that fungi belonging to different taxa have developed a highly specialised cell type, called appressorium, to enter their host and to gain access to the nutrient sources inside plant cells or within the apoplast (Mendgen and Deising 1993) may indicate the existence of a “force” that drives evolution of fungal infection structures. In this respect it might be interesting to note that extant arbuscular mycorrhizas can also penetrate roots of their host by appressoria.

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