Biologia plantarum 39:349-353, 1997 | DOI: 10.1023/A:1001015806870
Phenylalanine ammonia-lyase activity in alfalfa suspension cultures treated with conidia and elicitors of Verticillium albo-atrum
- 1 Department of Agro-Environmental Science, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Obihiro, Hokkaido, Japan
Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) cell suspension cultures of Verticillium albo-atrum resistant and susceptible genotypes were established from leaf callus tissues. Treatment of cultures with conidia and heat-released elicitors of V. albo-atrum induced a large increase in the activity of phenylalanine ammonia-lyase, only in the cells of the resistant genotypes with a maximum after 12 h. In co-cultivation with the fungal conidia and resistant cell lines, the production of spores were inhibited.
Keywords: Medicago sativa; resistant and susceptible genotypes
Prepublished online: April 1, 1997; Published: November 1, 1997 Show citation
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