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Alfalfa (Medicago sativa; L.) plants susceptible (S) and resistant (R) to the bacterial wilt were fedvia roots with a nutrient solution labelled with86Rb+, at different times after inoculating them withCorynebacterium insidiosum (McCull.) H. L. Jens. The infection did not influence86Rb+ uptake per plant in the course of a 14-day-period following inoculation, however it did affect its distribution differentially in the S- and the R-plants.86Rb+ uptake was significantly decreased due to the infection in the S-plants on the day 49 after the inoculation (a 4-h-exposure to86Rb+), with the iona also being more slowly translocated to the shoots in diseased S-plants than in diseased R-plants. Likely factors causing these effects and their relationship to alfalfa resistance to the bacterial wilt are discussed.
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Hanker, I., Kdelová, A. The uptake, distribution, and translocation of86Rb in alfalfa plants susceptible and resistant to the bacterial wilt and the effect ofCorynebacterium insidiosum upon these processes. Biol Plant 23, 365–375 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02877415
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