13.07.2015 Views

10th INTERNATIONAL VERTICILLIUM SYMPOSIUM 16-20 ...

10th INTERNATIONAL VERTICILLIUM SYMPOSIUM 16-20 ...

10th INTERNATIONAL VERTICILLIUM SYMPOSIUM 16-20 ...

SHOW MORE
SHOW LESS

Create successful ePaper yourself

Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.

<strong>VERTICILLIUM</strong> LONGISPORUM INDUCES NEW XYLEMVESSEL FORMATION IN LEAVES DURING AN INFECTION OFARABIDOPSIS THALIANA AND BRASSICA NAPUSM. REUSCHE, V. LIPKA AND T. TEICHMANNAlbrecht-von-Haller-Institut für Pflanzenwissenschaften, Abteilung Zellbiologie der Pflanze, Georg-August- Universität Göttingen, Untere Karspüle 2, 37073 Göttingen, Germany, mreusch@gwdg.de;Volker.Lipka@biologie.uni-goettingen.de, tteichm@gwdg.deVerticillium longisporum is a soil-borne fungal pathogen which causes vasculardisease in oilseed rape and other members of the family Brassicaceae. The fungusenters via the plant root system, invades the xylem vessels and then systemicallycolonizes the hypocotyl and shoot xylem elements. We use GFP and RFP-labeledVerticillium strains to study the infection process in Arabidopsis thaliana. As thefungus proliferates into the leaf vascular bundles, transdifferentiation of mesophyllcells to xylem elements was observed in A. thaliana and Brassica napus. Wecurrently study the role of transcription factors involved in the Verticillium inducedtransdifferentiation.44

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!