Acta Phytopathologica et Entomologica Hungarica (2002) 37, 91-98

P. Vidhyasekaran, A. Ramanathan, Luke Rathinakumar and R. Samiyappan (2002)
Induction of defense-mechanisms in mungbean suspension cultured cells by an elicitor from Macrophomina phaseolina
Acta Phytopathologica et Entomologica Hungarica 37 (1-3), 91-98
Abstract: An elicitor molecule has been separated from Macrophomina phaseolina, the root rot pathogen of mungbean (Vigna radiata). Cell cultures of mungbean cultivars one resistant and another susceptible to the pathogen, which responded to the elicitor have been established. The elicitor treatment induced rapid increases in phenolic synthesis, activation of phenylalanine ammonia-lyase and peroxidase in the cultured cells. Relative increases in phenolic synthesis and peroxidase activity were observed in suspension-cultured cells of the resistant cultivar compared to that of the susceptible one due to elicitor treatment.
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Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
resistance/tolerance/defence of host

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Macrophomina phaseolina	Cowpea and relatives (Vigna)