Figure 9.

Effect of CuAO inhibition on the defense capacity of the chickpea cv Sultano resistant to A. rabiei. Photographs A and B depict internodes of inoculated chickpea epicotyls treated or not treated with 2-bromoethylamine, respectively. Magnification 16×. Photographs C through F show berberine-aniline blue staining of transverse sections from chickpea epicotyls. C, Control internode; D, inhibitor-treated internode; E, inoculated internode; F, inoculated and inhibitor-treated internode. Sections from infected internodes (E and F) were cut at the center of the superficial area of the necrosis. Magnification 116×, bar = 70 μm.