Anatomic effects of corky bark virus in Vitis
1969
This paper reports on a study of the causes behind the drastic effects of corky bark
disease on LN-33. An anatomical study revealed that corky bark virus probably influences
the functions of the vascular and cork cambia. The first symptoms of corky bark appear
in the vascular cambial zone. Certain derivatives of the vascular cambium do not differentiate
into cells which become lignified, either to the phloem or xylem side. The production
of cells toward the xylem side is drastically reduced, while an abnormal amount of
secondary phloem is produced. The phloem contains sieve-tube-like cells, but these
cells occur in narrow bands between abnormally wide rays.
No normal cork is formed, but there is a stimulation of cork-like cells in the region
of the phloem where the cork-cambium usually arises.
A secondary effect of corky bark is the formation of proliferative tissue in the vascular
rays of the cane. The cells of this tissue are irregular in shape and have large nuclei;
they divide irregularly and are tumorlike in appearance. These findings indicate that
corky bark is probably closely related to wound-tumor virus.
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