Biology Bulletin (2008) 35, 380-384

N.A. Rozhnova and G.A. Gerashchenkov (2008)
Effect of ubiquinone 50 and viral infection on phytohemagglutinin activity in development of induced resistance in tobacco plants
Biology Bulletin 35 (4), 380-384
Abstract: The effects of ubiquinone 50 (synthetic coenzyme Q₁₀) and viral infection on phytohemagglutinin activity were studied in the tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.) cultivar Samsun NN, which carries the necrosis-formation locus and exhibits hypersensitivity to tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) and ubiquinone (Q₁₀). The treatment with Q₁₀ and inoculation with TMV were accompanied by an increase in phytohemagglutinin activity, indicating that lectins may be involved in the development of defense responses in plants.
Original Russian Text © N.A. Rozhnova, G.A. Gerashchenkov, 2008, published in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk, Seriya Biologicheskaya, 2008, No. 4, pp. 442-447.
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Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
resistance/tolerance/defence of host
molecular biology - genes

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Tobacco mosaic virus	Tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum)