ISSN:
1573-5036
Keywords:
flow and static cytometry
;
Glomus mosseae
;
Lycopersicon esculentum
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polyploidization
;
respiratory activity
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition
Notes:
Abstract Nuclear changes in roots of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum), a plant with a small genome, during the establishment of arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) colonization were studied using light and electron microscopy, as well as flow and static cytometry. Nuclei of mycorrhizal root cortex cells were larger and had more decondensed chromatin than those of controls. Significant ploidy distribution differences were observed between nuclei of AM colonized and control roots, and a strong correlation between nuclear polyploidization and AM colonization was found. Polyploidization and decondensation are usually associated with high metabolic activity. The metabolic activity of mycorrhizal root cells, evaluated in this work as respiratory activity by using a cytochemical assay for succinate dehydrogenase combined with image analysis, increased in comparison to controls. The meaning of polyploidization is discussed in relation to the structural and metabolic modifications induced by mycorrhization.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1026468810886
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