Table 1.
Sugar content in tomato exudates before and after growth of R. solanacearum.
Apoplast | Xylem | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
− bacteria | + bacteria | − bacteria | + bacteria | |
Sucrose | 193.43 | 21.22 | ND | ND |
Fructose | 156.74 | 0 | 8.54 | 0 |
Glucose | 110.93 | 10.04 | 4.08 | 0 |
Galactose | 14.67 | 0.72 | 0 | 0 |
Mannose | 11.54 | 10.94 | 0 | 0 |
Sugar concentrations in mg/l determined from tomato xylem sap or the apoplastic fluid before (− bacteria) or after (+ bacteria) sustaining growth of R. solanacearum for 21 h.