Studies of the behaviour of stored carrots with respect to their invasion by Rhizopus stolonifer Lind

Studies of the invasion of carrot root p

Studies of the invasion of carrot root parenchyma by Rhizopus stolonifer lind

✍ Stuart Thorne 📂 Article 📅 1975 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 474 KB

## Abstract Spores of __Rhizopus stolonifer__ Lind. were unable to invade plugs of carrot root tissue on their own, but could do so when suspended in either a solution of pectinase or in washings from their own culture. Young mycelial inocula readily attacked the tissue. It is suggested that breakd