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Penetration and Establishment <strong>of</strong> Fungi in <strong>Seed</strong> 89ABCDFIGURE 4.5 Infection <strong>of</strong> Cucumis sativus stigma and ovule by Didymella bryoniae afterartificial inoculation. A, SEM photomicrograph <strong>of</strong> stigma showing papillae and germinatingconidia, 4 hours after inoculation. B, Ls <strong>of</strong> stigma showing papillae and hyphae (arrows) after48 hours <strong>of</strong> inoculation. C, Part <strong>of</strong> pericarp and chalazal region <strong>of</strong> ovule showing hyphaetransversing the gap between the pericarp and ovule, and pentrating the epidermis <strong>of</strong> the outerintegument. D, Ls <strong>of</strong> part <strong>of</strong> ovule with hyphae (arrow) in nucellus. (From Neergaard, E.1989. Can. J. Plant. Pathol. 11: 28–38. With permission.)4.3.1.2.2 Ovary and Fruit WallFungal inoculum may reach the ovary and developing fruit wall from outside afterthe flower has bloomed in hypogynous flowers. It may reach them easily when thenonessential whorls (sepals and petals) have dropped. The inferior ovary, which

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