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Effect of culture filtrates ofXanthomonas campestris pv.pelargonii and extracts of geranium stems inoculated withX. c. pv.pelargonii on geranium callus and seedlings

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Experiments were designed to determine whetherXanthomonas campestris pv.pelargonii produces a toxin which induces symptoms of bacterial blight in geranium, and is active at the cellular level. Culture filtrates ofX. c. pv.pelargonii were prepared by ethyl acetate extraction and ultrafiltration of the aqueous fraction. Culture filtrates adjusted to several pH values induced maximum disease ratings on geranium seedlings in the pH range 7–10. Geranium callus growth was significantly reduced by the filtrate in the same pH range. An active fraction could also be isolated from diseased tissue. A thin-layer chromatography-callus bioassay system detected toxin activity in the culture filtrate and in extracts of geranium stems inoculated withX. c. pv.pelargonii. Callus growth inhibition was located at Rf = 0.2–0.3 for both sources of toxin. These results suggest thatX. c. pv.pelargonii produces a toxin which causes disease symptoms, is present in diseased tissues, and inhibits callus growth. This opens the possibility of developing resistance to this pathogen by selecting cells insensitive to the toxin and regenerating plants from these cells.

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  1. US Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, 20705, Beltsville, MD, USA

    F. A. Hammerschlag & R. N. Stewart

  2. Department of Botany, University of Maryland, 20742, College Park, MD, USA

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Hammerschlag, F.A., Bottino, P.J. & Stewart, R.N. Effect of culture filtrates ofXanthomonas campestris pv.pelargonii and extracts of geranium stems inoculated withX. c. pv.pelargonii on geranium callus and seedlings. Plant Cell Tiss Organ Cult 1, 247–254 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02318921

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