Abstract

Peyton, G. A., and c. c. Bowen. (Iowa State U., Ames.) The host‐parasite interface of Peronospora manshurica on Glycine max. Amer. Jour. Bot. 50(8): 787‐797. Illus. 1983.—The fine structure of the vegetative intercellular hyphae, intracellular haustoria, and invaded host cells is described. Perinuclear Golgi apparatus and extensive lomasomes are characteristic of the hyphae and haustoria of this fungus. The invading haustoria do not penetrate the plasma membrane of the host. Except for a sheath near the point of penetration, there is no evidence of true host wall around the haustorium. However, a “zone of apposition,” with staining properties different from those of normal host cell wall, forms around the haustorial wall between the host and parasite plasma membranes. Special modifications of the host cytoplasm in the vicinity of haustoria are described, including formation of “secretory bodies” and their apparent discharge through the host plasma membrane into the zone of apposition. This phenomenon, together with an apparent increase in the number of ribosomes in the host, suggests highly specific reactions of the host cytoplasm to the invading haustorium.

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