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This report describes the early cytological events in the infection byRhizobium leguminosarum biovartrifolii of the root hairs ofTrifolium repens seedlings kept alive on agar medium in glass slide culture experiment. The infection threads bearing rhizobia were formed as soon as the epidermal cells began to emerge as root hairs. On the top of some of these infected emerging root hairs, there were smoky, cell-debris-like bodies, which appeared to be derived from the cell wall dug by rhizobia. Similar bodies were also observed in longer root hairs. None of the root hair cells along the length of the roots which contained infection threads were curled or distorted. A substantial number of pink-colored nodules were later formed on the roots with non-curled infected root hairs.
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Kodama, A. Early cytological events in the infection of the root hairs ofTrifolium repens byRhizobium leguminosarum biovartrifolii observed by glass slide culture in living seedlings. Bot Mag Tokyo 105, 421–429 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02497657
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