Abstract
Agrobacterium attached to wheat embryos in vitro. This attachment was plasmid independent, and occurred on both wounded and unwounded cell surfaces. The pattern of attachment clearly demonstrated that bacterial attachment to cereal cells follows the same trends observed for dicotyledonous plants. During the inoculation period the bacterial cells attach to the plant cell walls either with lateral or polar orientation. Wounding (mechanical or enzymatic) preferentially promoted adherence of the bacteria at the wound site, however, attachment was not wound dependent.
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Mooney, P.A., Goodwin, P.B. Adherence of Agrobacterium tumefaciens to the cells of immature wheat embryos. Plant Cell Tiss Organ Cult 25, 199–208 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00036211
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