Abstract
Phytoalexin accumulation elicited byPhytophthora megasperma was studied in irradiated (0.1, 0.75, 1.5 kGy), heat treated (50 °C, 5 min) and combined (heat and irradiation) treated potato tubers (cultivar Bintje). Rishitin, lubimin and small amounts of phytuberol were found. The phytoalexin concentration was higher in the irradiated tubers than in the unirradiated ones. The heat treatment did not have an unambiguous effect on the phytoalexin production. On the samples containing highest phytoalexin level intensive growth ofP. megasperma could be observed; in the bioassay an increased amount of phytoalexins showed a stronger fungistatic effect onCladosporium cucumerinum. These results indicate that the phytoalexin accumulation is not clearly related to the mechanism of resistance against fungi.
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