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| Title: | Bemisia tabaci feeding induces pathogenesis-related proteins in cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) |
| Authors: | Antony, Binu
Palaniswami, M S |
| Keywords: | Bemisia tabaci
Pathogenesis-related proteins
Cassava |
| Issue Date: | Jun-2006 |
| Publisher: | CSIR |
| Abstract: | Cassava (Manihot esculenta Cranzts) plants fed upon by whitefly Bemisia tabaci showed increased levels of pathogenesis-related (PR) proteins, such as β-1, 3-glucanase, peroxidase and chitinase activities, as compared to uninfested plants. The enzymes increased in specific activities from 2 to 7 fold and protein content in leaf extracts decreased in whitefly-infested plants, compared to uninfested plants. Among the three PR proteins, B. tabaci feeding induced significantly higher β-1, 3-glucanase activities, when compared with other two PR proteins. Study also discussed the possible application of PR proteins in whitefly control program. |
| Page(s): | 182-185 |
| ISSN: | 0301-1208 |
| Source: | IJBB Vol.43(3) [June 2006]
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