Penetration of hard substrates by a fungus employing enormous turgor pressures.

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  • R J Howard
    Central Research and Development, DuPont Company, Wilmington, DE 19880-0402.
  • M A Ferrari
    Central Research and Development, DuPont Company, Wilmington, DE 19880-0402.
  • D H Roach
    Central Research and Development, DuPont Company, Wilmington, DE 19880-0402.
  • N P Money
    Central Research and Development, DuPont Company, Wilmington, DE 19880-0402.

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<jats:p>Many fungal pathogens penetrate plant leaves from a specialized cell called an appressorium. The rice blast pathogen Magnaporthe grisea can also penetrate synthetic surfaces such as poly(vinyl chloride). Previous experiments have suggested that penetration requires an elevated appressorial turgor pressure. In the present report we have used nonbiodegradable Mylar membranes, exhibiting a range of surface hardness, to test the proposition that penetration is driven by turgor. Reducing appressorial turgor by osmotic stress inhibited penetration of these membranes. The size of the turgor deficit required to inhibit penetration was a function of the surface hardness. Penetration of the hardest membranes was inhibited by small decreases in appressorial turgor, while penetration of the softer membranes was sensitive only to large decreases in turgor. Similarly, penetration of the host surface was inhibited in a manner comparable to penetration of the hardest Mylar membranes. Indirect measurements of turgor, obtained through osmotically induced collapse of appressoria, indicated that the infection apparatus can generate turgor pressures in excess of 8.0 MPa (80 bars). We conclude that penetration of synthetic membranes, and host epidermal cells, is accomplished by application of the physical force derived from appressorial turgor.</jats:p>

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