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On gall-formation due to the nematode Anguillulina graminis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

T. Goodey
Affiliation:
(Principal Research Assistant, Institute of Agricultural Parasitology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.)

Extract

Amongst the plant-parasitic members of the genus Anguillulina, 12 species have been recorded from true galls and of these, one occurs on roots and the remainder on shoot structures. In four only of these species have we any detailed information on the structure of the galls formed as a result of the action of the parasite, namely in the cases of A. tritici, A. agrostis, A. graminophila and A. radicicola. In the case of the two first mentioned, galls are formed from modified flower tissues; in the case of A. graminophila we have galls on leaves and in A. radicicola galls on roots. There are considerable gaps in our knowledge of the reaction of the host plant to the particular parasite attacking it and also concerning the mode of action of the latter in stimulating the production of galls by the host.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1934

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