New Zealand Journal of Botany abstracts

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Notes and Comments: "Puffing" in Sclerotinia sclerotiorum and S. minor

Abstract When Sclerotinia sclerotiorum apothecia "puff", the rate of discharge of ascospores increases rapidly to a maximum which is maintained briefly and then declines gradually; individual asci continue to dehisce for several seconds after the main discharge. The discharge of S. minor apothecia is more ephemeral: the maximum discharge rate appears to be reached as soon as the puff starts, and the discharge ends abruptly.

Received 28 July 1976
New Zealand Journal of Botany, 1976, Vol. 14: 355-8.

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