European Journal of Plant Pathology (2008) 120, 299-303

Damaris Godinez-Vidal, Mario Rocha-Sosa, Edgar B. Sepúlveda-García, Joel Lara-Reyna, Reyna Rojas-Martínez and Emma Zavaleta-Mejía (2008)
Phenylalanine ammonia lyase activity in chilli CM-334 infected by Phytophthora capsici and Nacobbus aberrans
European Journal of Plant Pathology 120 (3), 299-303
Abstract: We tested the hypothesis that PAL activity in chilli plants CM-334 inoculated with Nacobbus aberrans (Na) alone or in combination with Phytophthora capsici (Pc), is lower than in those inoculated only with Pc. At 21 days after nematode inoculation, inoculated plants showed a significant (P < 0.01) reduction of 48% in PAL activity compared to those non-inoculated in two separate experiments. In two other tests, where plants were inoculated with the oomycete 21 days after inoculation with the nematode, PAL activity at 2, 4, 6, 8 and 24 h after inoculation with Pc was significantly higher (Tukey, P < 0.01) in plants inoculated only with Pc than in plants inoculated only with Na or both pathogens (Na+Pc).
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Database assignments for author(s): Emma Zavaleta-Mejia

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
molecular biology - genes

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Phytophthora capsici	Green pepper/chilli (Capsicum)
	Nacobbus aberrans	Green pepper/chilli (Capsicum)