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Anatomical-histological investigations of slide series revealed that the secondary vascular formations appearing scattered in callus tissue culture derived from a stem piece containing mycoplasma-like organisms (MLO) (potato witches’ broom agent) have no connection with the vascular tissues of the original stem piece. 77% of reconstituted tobacco plants (Nicotiana glauca Grah.) from these callus cultures were infected with MLO. When diseasedNicotiana glauca scions are grafted on healthy tomato plants as stocks, MLO transmigration into the stocks is realized in all cases ten days after grafting; at that time, the scions and stocks are united only by a zone of a few layers of parenchymatous cells without any indication of vascular tissue union between the two components. In both cases, the MLO transmigration could not be realized by passage through sieve pores in sieve tubes. Our results bring indirect evidence of MLO transmigration through parenchymatous cells and thus support the hypothesis of MLO passage through the plasmodesmata.
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Uleychová, M., Petků, E. Contribution to the problem of mycoplasma-like organism transmigration in plants. Biol Plant 22, 358–362 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02908984
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