Archives of Microbiology (1974) 95, 187-192

Kari Korhonen and Veikko Hintikka (1974)
Cytological evidence for somatic diploidization in dikaryotic cells of Armillariella mellea
Archives of Microbiology 95 (1), 187-192
Abstract: Dikaryotic hyphae isolated from basidiocarps of Armillariella mellea are unstable in aseptic culture and change into monokaryotic hypae. During monokaryotization the nuclei of a dikaryon fuse and fusion nucleus immediately divides resulting in two uninucleate cells, from which the monokaryotic mycelium originates. Similar fusion of two nuclei takes place in matings of compatible singlespore isolates. It is concluded that the resulting monokaryotic mycelium is diploid.
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Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
general biology - morphology - evolution

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Armillaria mellea