Journal article
Phosphite does not stimulate a wounding response in Eucalyptus marginata seedlings
Australian Journal of Botany, Vol.59(4), pp.393-398
2011
Abstract
Phosphite is used to protect plants from the soilborne plant pathogen, Phytophthora cinnamomi. While several studies have reported a stimulation of defence mechanisms in response to the infection of plants treated with phosphite, the effect of phosphite on abiotic wound repair is unknown. The aim of this histological study was to detail the effects of phosphite on previously undescribed wound repair in Eucalyptus marginata, an important forest tree of south-western Australia, which responds to phosphite treatment. Clonal lines of young plants of E. marginata without a periderm, considered resistant and susceptible to P. cinnamomi, were sprayed with phosphite and the green stems were wounded with liquid nitrogen, where a small area of the vascular cambium was damaged. Transverse hand sections showed phosphite had no effect and there was no genotypic difference on wound responses in E. marginata. Wound periderm and a ligno-suberised boundary zone formed within 7 days. The generation of new phellogen derivatives occurred and by 14 days the vascular cambium was almost fully restored with wound wood formed by 21 days. In the absence of a pathogen, phosphite did not interfere with the quality and speed of wound repair in the E. marginata clones suggesting that wound repair will not be affected when phosphite is used as a prophylactic treatment.
Details
- Title
- Phosphite does not stimulate a wounding response in Eucalyptus marginata seedlings
- Authors/Creators
- R.A. Pilbeam (Author/Creator)K. Howard (Author/Creator)B.L. Shearer (Author/Creator)G.E.St.J. Hardy (Author/Creator)
- Publication Details
- Australian Journal of Botany, Vol.59(4), pp.393-398
- Publisher
- CSIRO Publishing
- Identifiers
- 991005542421107891
- Copyright
- © 2011 CSIRO
- Murdoch Affiliation
- Centre for Phytophthora Science and Management; School of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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- Citation topics
- 3 Agriculture, Environment & Ecology
- 3.97 Plant Pathology
- 3.97.1439 Phytophthora Management
- Web Of Science research areas
- Plant Sciences
- ESI research areas
- Plant & Animal Science