Effect of plant injury on senescence of sorghum stalk tissue

Pappelis, A.J. and Katsanos, R.A. (1966) Effect of plant injury on senescence of sorghum stalk tissue. Phytopathology, 56 (3). pp. 295-297.

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Abstract

DeKalb sorghum varieties E56A and C44B (Sorghum vulgare) were studied to determine patterns of natural death of parenchyma cells in four internodes and nodes above the uppermost adventitious roots. Death patterns of cells in stalks of injured plants were compared with those of normal plants. Cutting of roots and removal of the distal halves of all leaves resulted in an increase in cell death rate in both internodal and nodal tissue, whereas removal of heads delayed death of cells. These injuries provide a means of testing the role of living cells in the mechanism of resistance to stalk rot pathogens.

Item Type:	Article
Author Affiliation:	Assistant Professor and Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Botany, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois
Subjects:	Plant Physiology and Biochemistry > Biochemistry
Divisions:	Sorghum
Depositing User:	Sandhya Gir
Date Deposited:	11 Nov 2010 19:30
Last Modified:	11 Nov 2010 19:30
URI:	http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/595

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