Improvement of fungal disease resistance in potato using ...
Hafez, Rehab / A. A. Moussa, Tarek / M. M. Sakr, Mahmoud
Potato plants were highly susceptible to pathogenic fungi causing changes in number, character and weight of harvested tubers. The light microscopic observations showed changes in the uppermost coat thickness and texture in infected tissues with the presence of many cytoplasmic vacuoles in hypodermal and cortical layers with the presence of few starch grains in the cortical cells. Transmission electron microscopy showed cell wall and cytoplasm...