Research Article

Characterisation of the Fusarium graminearum-Wheat Floral Interaction

Figure 3

The reduction in fungal biomass at the centre of the colony as infection progressed throughout the wheat ear by 12 dpi. Images of transverse 1 μm LR white sections of cortical cells within various rachis internodes stained with 0.1% TBO pH 9. The first rachis internode at 5 dpi (a) and the third rachis internode at 12 dpi (b). Generic legend: black arrowhead: intercellular hyphae, red arrowhead: intracellular hyphae, black arrow: hyphae devoid of content, white arrow: collapsed hyphae. Bar: 15 μm.
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