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ULTRASTRUCTURAL CHANGES IN SUNFLOWER CHLOROPLASTS FOLLOWING INOCULATION WITH PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE PV. TAGETIS
Author(s) -
Freeman Thomas P.,
Duysen Murray E.,
Gulya Thomas J.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
american journal of botany
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.218
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1537-2197
pISSN - 0002-9122
DOI - 10.1002/j.1537-2197.1985.tb08329.x
Subject(s) - chlorosis , pseudomonas syringae , thylakoid , biology , chloroplast , ultrastructure , plastid , helianthus annuus , botany , sunflower , bacteria , horticulture , biochemistry , genetics , gene
Severe chlorosis and ultrastructural modifications of chloroplasts occur in sunflower in response to infection by Pseudomonas syringae pv. tagetis . Chlorosis became apparent within 2 days after the cotyledons of 10‐day‐old sunflower seedlings were inoculated with the bacteria. The first symptoms generally appeared in the center of leaves at the second node above the cotyledons. Leaves above the second node lost essentially all of their pigmentation but remained turgid and continued to expand. Grana thylakoids became dilated and separated from the granal stacks. These thylakoid membranes did not chemically breakdown as in the case in chromoplast formation or normal chloroplast senescence. Both grana and stroma thylakoid membranes coalesced to form a large membrane sheet within the plastid. The ultrastructural changes are unlike those reported to be caused by other chlorosis‐inducing bacteria or chlorosis associated with normal senescence.