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Surface morphology of uredinia and urediniospores ofCerotelium fici (Cast.) Arth., and its infection process in mulberry (Morus alba L.) have been described using the scanning electron microscope. The uredinia ofC. fici are paraphysate and bear pedicellate urediniospores. The surface morphology of urediniospore is similar to most of the rust fungi which have pedicellate urediniospores. The infection process ofC. fici on mulberry leaves differs from other rust fungi in not forming appressoria over the stomates. Further, the germ tube of the urediniospore crosses over the stomata, and sometimes forms an appressorium close to the stoma rather than forming over it. Thus, the present study indicates that the formation of appressoria byC. fici on mulberry leaves is not site specific but an independent, specialized and inherent mechanism required byC. fici to penetrate the mulberry leaf cuticle and epidermis.
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Gupta, V.P., Tewari, S.K. & Datta, R.K. Surface ultrastructure of the uredinial stage ofCerotelium fici and its infection process on mulberry. Mycopathologia 128, 99–104 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01103016
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