Research Article, J Plant Physiol Pathol Vol: 1 Issue: 3
Evaluation of the Resistance and Differential Induction of Chitinases in Tomato in Response to Inoculation with Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici
| Carolina Barbosa Malafaia1, Túlio Diego Silva1, Daniel Oliveira Jordão do Amaral1, Clébia Maria Alves de Almeida1, Maria Luiza R. B. da Silva2, Maria Tereza dos Santos Correia3 and Márcia Vanusa Silva3* | |
| 1Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Biológicas – Centro de Ciências Biológicas (CCB) – Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife – PE, Brazil | |
| 2Instituto Agronômico de Pernambuco (IPA) – IPA, Recife, PE, Brazil | |
| 3Departamento de Bioquímica, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife - PE Brazil | |
| Corresponding author : Márcia Silva Departamento de Bioquímica, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Av. Prof. Moraes Rego, s/n, Cidade Universitária 50670-420 Recife - PE Brazil Tel: +55 81 2126 8547; Fax: +55 81 2126 8576 E-mail: marcia.vanusa@ufpe.br |
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| Received: July 05, 2013 Accepted: August 27, 2013 Published: September 03, 2013 | |
| Citation: Malafaia CB, Silva TD, do Amaral DOJ, de Almeida CMA, da Silva MLRB, et al. (2013) Evaluation of the Resistance and Differential Induction of Chitinases in Tomato in Response to Inoculation with Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici. J Plant Physiol Pathol 1:3. doi:10.4172/2329-955X.1000109 |
Abstract
Evaluation of the Resistance and Differential Induction of Chitinases in Tomato in Response to Inoculation with Fusarium oxysporum f. sp.lycopersici
Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici (FOL) causes Fusarium wilt in tomato, a disease that significantly affects its production. This project investigated the response of different tomato genotypes to Fusarium wilt, aiming at selecting sources of resistance, as well as identifying the differential chitinase secretion during infection between resistant and susceptible cultivars. Results show that the BHRS cultivar proved to be resistant to the disease and there was increased chitinolytic activity in the roots of this genotype six days after inoculation (dai).
