Abstract
Abstract Cryofixation is becoming more widely used to study host-pathogen relationships in fungal diseases of plants. This presentation describes results we have obtained using high pressure freezing and freeze substitution to study powdery mildew disease of poinsettia ﹛Euphorbia pulcherrima) caused by Oidium sp. Approximately 0.5 mm leaf disks bearing sporulating colonies of Oidium sp. were excised and placed in a 15% dextran solution contained in brass planchets. Samples were frozen using a Balzer's HPM 010 High Pressure Freezing Machine and substituted according to the procedures of Hoch.6 Thin sections of embedded leaves were cut using a diamond knife, collected on gold slot grids, and placed on formvar-coated racks. Sections were poststained with uranyl acetate and lead citrate and examined using a Zeiss EM 902A transmission electron microscope. Outstanding preservation of haustoria, the specialized nutrient-absorbing structures produced in host epidermal cells by Oidium, was obtained. Both young, unlobed (Fig. 1) as well as mature, highly lobed (Fig. 2) haustoria were observed.
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