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Virulence Properties of Strains of Agrobacterium on the Apical and Basal Surfaces of Carrot Root Discs

Department of Agricultural Biochemistry, Waite Agricultural Research Institute, University of Adelaide, Glen Osmond, South Australia 5064, Department of Plant Pathology, Waite Agricultural Research Institute, University of Adelaide, Glen Osmond, South Australia 5064

Most pathogenic strains of Agrobacterium are able to induce crown gall or hairy root on both the apical surface (facing the root tip) and the basal surface (facing the shoot) of carrot (Daucus carota L.) root discs. Tumorigenic strains carrying mutations in the shoot inhibition region of the T-DNA (TL-DNA genes 1 and 2) are markedly attenuated on the basal surface but remain virulent on the apical surface. Coinoculation of two attenuated tumorigenic strains, with mutations in gene 1 and gene 2, respectively, resulted in restoration of virulence on the basal surface. Wild type hairy root-inducing strains can be divided into two groups: those that are virulent on both apical and basal surfaces and those that are virulent only on the apical surface. -Naphthalene acetic acid stimulated virulence of hairy root strain TR7, belonging to the latter group, on the basal surface. Attenuated virulence on the basal surface can be explained in terms of an auxin deficiency in the basal tissues and unidirectional auxin transport to the apical surface.

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