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A Century Of Wood Anatomy and 75 Years Of IAWA Kuroda, Keiko [1]. Anatomical and noninvasive techniques to detect the first internal symptom in diseased trees. ANATOMY is a fundamental procedure to reveal the mechanism of symptom development in the trees infected with pathogens. Anatomical data, however, have been an appendix for many years in the forest pathology in which mycological investigation has priority. To find internal phenomena that induce symptoms, it is very important to observe the plant tissue from the very early period of infection when the external symptoms have not yet initiated, and periodical sampling thereafter is necessary to follow the changes. Anatomical observations during the final stage when tissues are dead and degraded by microorganisms do not provide useful information. The concept of functional anatomy is especially important in pathological research. The defense reaction in the host tissue against the pathogen decides the fate of the tree, that is, the mortality or survival. In the pathological anatomy, there is a strong interest in achieving noninvasive investigations on living trees. Repeated analysis on the same tree has been difficult due to the requirement of destructive observations. As a noninvasive technique, magnetic resonance imaging is increasingly used on plants. Detectable incidences by MR imaging and the image qualities vary with the combination of parameters during scanning. The parameters to obtain images suitable for physiological and pathological studies of trees have been improved. The distribution of water is detectable in the tissue by proton density spin-echo sequences, and anomalies in diseased tissue are detectable by the T1 weighted sequences. MR images clearly showed the enlargement of dysfunctional area in the sapwood of Quercus crispula that was inoculated with a wilt pathogen, Raffaelea quercivora. The acoustic emission technique that detects embolism in water conduits of trees also is a noninvasive technique helpful to find abrupt xylem dysfunction in some wilt diseases. These noninvasive techniques provide new information and contribute to the development of tree pathology.
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Kuroda, K.; Forest health, FFPRI, Japan
1 - Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Kansai Research Center, Momoyama, Fushimi, Kyoto, 612-0855, Japan
Keywords:
Magnetic resonance
MRI
pathology
xylem structure and function
conductivity
wood anatomy.
Presentation Type: Symposium or Colloquium Presentation
Session: 36-6
Location: 102/Plumas
Date: Tuesday, August 1st, 2006
Time: 11:15 AM
Abstract ID:139 |
