Pioneering work of Anton Karsch (1822-1892) suggesting the role for intercellular space in plant tissue as the path for cell-cell communication during plant-pathogen interaction (original) (raw)
2013
Recently, we have described in two independent articles that a pioneering work of Anton Karsch (1822-1892) who is known as a medical doctor (internist), an ecologist, a plant collector, a microbiologist, an early cell biologist, and an philosopher. Anton Karsch, published in 1855, a work suggesting the role for intercellular space in plant tissue as the paths for spread of pathogenic microorganisms and also for cell-cell communication required for combatting the invading pathogenic microorganisms. It is also noteworthy that the entrance of air-borne spores of pathogenic fungus into the leafy tissue through the opening stomata which is recently studied by plant cell biologists, has been already described by Karsch. This short article briefly introduces the key works of Karsch from the view point by plant biologists of today.
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