Observation on Histological Structure of Strawberry Roots After Inoculating Fusarium oxysporum f.sp.fragariae Under 4-hydroxybenzoic Acid Stress
Two strawberry (Fragaria × ananassa Duch.) cultivars Toyonoka and Tutela as material, we studied the histological structure of strawberry roots, which infected by F.oxysporum f.sp.fragariae under the autotoxin 4-hydroxybenzoic acid stress by using paraffin slice.The results showed that the infection rate of hyphae of F.oxysporum f.sp.fragariae in root tissues of Toyonoka and Tutela under 4-hydroxybenzoic acid stress was faster than the treatment of only fungi-inoculated.The damages to the epidermis cells, cortex cells, stele cells and duct walls of Toyonoka and Tutela roots were more serious than the treatment of only fungi-inoculated, respectively.Moreover, the damage to the above-mentioned root cells of Toyonoka was more serious than that of Tutela under 4-hydroxybenzoic acid stress.The proportions of vessel infected by hyphae both in the roots of Toyonoka and Tutela were increased significantly under 4-hydroxybenzoic acid stress, with 22.5% and 15.8%, respectively.The proportions of catheter with jelly was 26.3% in Tutela roots, which was higher than in Toyonoka roots with 16.3%.Under 4-hydroxybenzoic acid stress, the tylosis produced in root vessels of Tutela earlier than in root vessels of Toyonoka.The proportions of vessel with tylosis in roots of Tutela was 1.6%, higher significantly than in Toyonoka with 1.0% at both of them treated only by inoculating F.oxysporum, and higher significantly than in Tutela with 1.2% treated by inoculating F.oxysporum under 4-hydroxybenzoic acid stress.The damage to the strawberry root tissue significantly increased after inoculating F.oxysporum under 4-hydroxybenzoic acid stress, and Toyonoka roots wilt disease was more serious.