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A common feature of many plant diseases is an increase in ethylene production (1,18). In addition, many pathogenic microorganisms produce ethylene when grown in culture (1,13,14,18). Based on these observations, a role for ethylene in disease development has been postulated (5,6,18,22). However, little is known about the mechanism of ethylene production during infection, or about the site of ethylene production, or the relative contribution of host or pathogen to the ethylene produced. Possibly ethylene production is associated with early events following the action of enzymes secreted by the pathogen during disease development since involvement of cell-wall degrading enzymes is known to constitute an early event in the interaction of host and pathogen (4,23). Indeed, a cell-wall digesting preparation of fungal origin, “Cellulysin”, was reported (3,8,9) to induce ethylene biosynthesis in tobacco leaf discs by causing a rapid formation of ACC, the immediate precursor of ethylene in higher plants (25). This process is stimulated by prior exposure of the tissue to ethylene (8,9). We have characterized this phenomenon, studied its relationship to fungal infection and the role of ethylene in regulating this process.
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Chalutz, E., Mattoo, A.K., Anderson, J.D. (1984). Ethylene Biosynthesis in Tobacco Leaf Discs in Relation to Ethylene Treatment, Cellulysin Application and Fungal Infection. In: Fuchs, Y., Chalutz, E. (eds) Ethylene. Advances in Agricultural Biotechnology, vol 9. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-6178-4_29
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