Conference presentation
Unusual basidal development and nuclear behaviour in the microcyclic rust fungus Puccina boriniae
15th Australasian Plant Pathology Society Conference (Geelong, Vic, 26/09/2005–29/09/2005)
2005
Abstract
Rust fungi exhibit a large diversity in their basidial development. The typical cycle represented in many textbooks is a haploid binucleate teliospore undergoing karyogamy and meiosis to germinate and produce four haploid basidiospores on a four celled metabasidium. This behaviour is most often seen in the macro- and demicyclic rust species. However, great variation from this 'norm' is often present in microcyclic rust species.
Puccinia boroniae is a microcyclic rust species endemic to Australia. The objectives of this study were to examine basidial development over time, and the nuclear behaviour during teliospore germination.
Details
- Title
- Unusual basidal development and nuclear behaviour in the microcyclic rust fungus Puccina boriniae
- Authors/Creators
- S.A. Driessen (Author/Creator)P.A. O'Brien (Author/Creator)G.E.St.J. Hardy (Author/Creator)
- Conference
- 15th Australasian Plant Pathology Society Conference (Geelong, Vic, 26/09/2005–29/09/2005)
- Identifiers
- 991005545320007891
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Conference presentation
Metrics
113 File views/ downloads
58 Record Views