Increase of Mitochondrial Fraction in Sweet Potato Root Tissue after Wounding or Infection with Ceratocystis fimbriata1

AUTOR(ES)

Asahi, Tadashi

RESUMO

The acid-insoluble nitrogen content, lipid content, and cytochrome oxidase activity in the mitochondrial fraction are found to increase during incubation of slices of sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) root tissue. These increases appear to be related to an increase in the number of the mitochondrial particles. The increase in the mitochondrial fraction is not accompanied by an increase in cell number. The nitrogen content in the mitochondrial fraction increases prior to the changes in the activity of cytochrome oxidase and lipid content. The increase in the numbers of the mitochondrial particles lags behind the increase in the cytochrome oxidase activity. Such findings are also found in the tissue infected by Ceratocystis fimbriata.

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