A New Method for Direct Introduction of Chemicals into a Single Sieve Tube of Intact Rice Plants
Author(s) -
Shu Fujimaki,
Toru Fujiwara,
Hiroaki Hayashi
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
plant and cell physiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.975
H-Index - 152
eISSN - 1471-9053
pISSN - 0032-0781
DOI - 10.1093/pcp/41.1.124
Subject(s) - sieve tube element , stylet , sieve (category theory) , rice plant , tube (container) , sieve analysis , botany , planthopper , biology , chemistry , horticulture , materials science , phloem , nanotechnology , mathematics , anatomy , composite material , hemiptera , combinatorics
We present a novel method for direct introduction of chemicals into a sieve tube of intact rice plants-namely, the method of micro-introduction using stylet of insect (the MUSI method). Fluorescent dyes were successfully introduced into a sieve tube through a severed stylet of planthopper and the distribution of the dyes was observed.
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