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Chitinase and peroxidase activities in sunflower hypocotyls: Effects of BTH and inoculation with Plasmopara halstedii

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Biologia Plantarum

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Systemic acquired resistance (SAR) can be induced in plants by incompatible pathogens, pathogen derived extracts, or certain chemicals as benzothiadiazole (BTH). The aim of this work was to compare changes in peroxidase and chitinase activities, enzymes considered as PR-proteins, caused by BTH and the pathogen Plasmopara halstedii. Hypocotyls from susceptible and resistant BTH-treated sunflower seedlings showed increased peroxidase and chitinase activities. Inoculation with P. halstedii increased chitinase and peroxidase activities in inoculated hypocotyls from susceptible but not from resistant sunflower seedlings.

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Abbreviations

AR:

acquired resistance

BTH:

benzo[1,2,3]thiadiazole-7-carbothioic acid S-methyl ester

DS:

diffusion solution

INA:

2,6-dichloroisonicotinic acid

LAR:

local acquired resistance

PR-proteins:

pathogenesis related proteins

SAR:

systemic acquired resistance

TE:

total extract

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  1. Fisiología Vegetal, Facultad de Ciencias Experimentales, Universidad de Jaén, Jaén, E-23071, España

    A. Roldán Serrano, A. Fernández Ocaña & M. V. Gómez Rodríguez

  2. Bioestadística, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Granada, Granada, E-18014, España

    J. Luna del Castillo

  3. Universidad de Córdoba, Córdoba, E-14004, España

    J. Jorrín Novo

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Roldán Serrano, A., Luna del Castillo, J., Jorrín Novo, J. et al. Chitinase and peroxidase activities in sunflower hypocotyls: Effects of BTH and inoculation with Plasmopara halstedii . Biol Plant 51, 149–152 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10535-007-0028-6

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