Catharanthus roseus L. plants and explants infected with phytoplasmas: Alkaloid production and structural observations

Protoplasma

Volumn 223, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 45-51

  Favali, M A ^a   Musetti, R ^b   Benvenuti, S ^c   Bianchi, A ^a   Pressacco, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alkaloid; Catharanthus roseus; Explant; Fluorescence; Phytoplasma; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

AJMALICINE; ALKALOID; DRUG DERIVATIVE; RAUWOLFIA ALKALOID; SERPENTINE (ALKALOID); VINBLASTINE; VINCRISTINE; VINDOLINE; YOHIMBINE;

ARTICLE; CATHARANTHUS; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL WALL; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PHYTOPLASMA; PLANT; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STEM; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ALKALOIDS; CATHARANTHUS; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL WALL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PHYTOPLASMA; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT SHOOTS; PLANT STEMS; SECOLOGANIN TRYPTAMINE ALKALOIDS; VINBLASTINE; VINCRISTINE; YOHIMBINE;

CATHARANTHUS; CATHARANTHUS ROSEUS; PHYTOPLASMA; TRIFOLIUM;

EID: 1542319161     PISSN: 0033183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00709-003-0024-4     Document Type: Article

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