Glycerol generates turgor in rice blast

ABSTRACT Many plant pathogenic fungi are able to penetrate the cuticles of their host plants by elaborating specialized cells known as appressoria1,2. The morphology and development of

appressoria have been well studied2, but little is known about how these cells are able to breach the tough plant surface. We have now found that the appressoria of rice blast fungus

(_Magnaporthe grisea_) use glycerol to generate pressure which ruptures plant cuticles. Access through your institution Buy or subscribe This is a preview of subscription content, access via

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AFFILIATIONS * Department of Biological Sciences, University of Exeter, Washington Singer Laboratories, Perry Road, EX4 4QG, Exeter, UK Joke C. de Jong, Barbara J. McCormack, Nicholas

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J., McCormack, B., Smirnoff, N. _et al._ Glycerol generates turgor in rice blast. _Nature_ 389, 244 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1038/38418 Download citation * Issue Date: 18 September 1997 *

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