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Microbiology: Current Research 2017
Volume 1 Issue 2
Microbes Infection 2017
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September 28-29, 2017 | London, UK
Microbes Infection
38
th
Annual congress on
Fungi in and around trichomes of Sawtooth Oak
leaves
Ki Woo Kim
Kyungpook National University, Korea
B
rown spots occurred on naturally infected leaves of Quercus
acutissima (sawtooth oak) in Suwon, Korea. Field emission
scanning electron microscopy revealed that hyphal branching
and spore chains were evident on the adaxial leaf surface.
Trichomes were usually colonized by septate hyphae. Hyphae
coiled the trichomes and appeared to inhibit the unfolding of
trichome branches. Plant cell wall modifications and epidermal
shrinkage of trichomes were apparent around hyphae. Hyphal
growth appeared to disrupt the non-glandular trichomes on the
abaxial leaf surface. Transmission electron microscopy revealed
that fungal hyphae were present in the naturally infected
trichomes of the oak species. Concentric bodies were often found
in the hyphal cytoplasm. These results suggest that the foliar
trichomes of sawtooth oak would be fungal infection sites as well
as the protective surface structures against a variety of external
stresses to the plant.
Biography
Ki Woo Kim has completed his PhD from Seoul National University, Korea. He
is currently an associate professor at Kyungpook National University, Korea.
He has over 100 publications that have been cited over 2,600 times, and his
publication H-index is 25 and has been serving as an editorial board member
of reputed journals.
kiwoo@knu.ac.krKi Woo Kim, Microbiology: Current Research 2017