S. Fujimaki et al., A new method for direct introduction of chemicals into a single sieve tubeof intact rice plants, PLANT CEL P, 41(1), 2000, pp. 124-128
We present a novel method for direct introduction of chemicals into a sieve
tube of intact rice plants-namely, the method of micro-introduction using
stylet of insect (the MUSI method). Fluorescent dyes were successfully intr
oduced into a sieve tube through a severed stylet of planthopper and the di
stribution of the dyes was observed.