BIOCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF RESISTANCE AGAINST Alternaria helianthi IN CULTIVATED AND WILD SUNFLOWERS / CARACTERIZACIÓN BIOQUÍMICA DE LA RESISTENCIA A Alternaria helianthi EN EL GIRASOL CULTIVADO Y SALVAJE / CARACTÉRISATION BIOCHIMIQUE DE LA RÉSISTANCE À l'Alternaria helianthi DANS LE TOURNESOL DE CULTURE ET LE TOURNESOL SAUVAGE

Madhavi, K.J.; Sujatha, M.; Raja Ram Reddy, D.; Rao, Chander

The biochemical basis of resistance to the leaf spot/blight pathogen A. helianthi was compared in six wild Helianthus species, possessing three ploidy levels (diploid, tetraploid and hexaploid) and different degrees of resistance to A. helianthi, and cultivated sunflower ( H. annuus cv. CO-4, susceptible check) in terms of sugar, phenols and isozymes of peroxidase, polyphenol oxidase and chitinase. The resistant species of wild sunflowers ( H. tuberosus, H. occidentalis) possessed higher levels of constitutive as well as induced total phenols and total sugars as compare with cultivated sunflower and susceptible wild sunflowers. Polyacrylamide gel electrophoretic (PAGE) isozyme analysis of defence-related enzymes showed a positive correlation of resistance with chitinase and polyphenol oxidase and a negative correlation with peroxidase.

Helia, 2005, Vol 28, Issue 43, p13

1018-1806

Academic Journal

10.1515/helia.2005.28.43.13