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Leakage of solutes from leaf discs of alfalfa plants susceptible and resistant to bacterial wilt caused byCorynebacterium michiganense pv.insidiosum

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Biologia Plantarum

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Seven day- and six week-old alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) plants, susceptible and resistant to bacterial wilt, were inoculated withCorynebacterium michiganense pv.insidiosum (McCulloch) Dye & Kemp. Leakage of solutes absorbing UV light from leaf discs into distilled water was investigated. The bacterial infection did not affect solute leakage rate from unifoliate and trifoliate leaves of either susceptible or resistant plants at an early stage of the disease. This may indicate that cell membrane integrity in alfalfa leaf tissues was not impaired.

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Hanker, I., Kůdelová, A. Leakage of solutes from leaf discs of alfalfa plants susceptible and resistant to bacterial wilt caused byCorynebacterium michiganense pv.insidiosum . Biol Plant 28, 429–433 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02885046

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