Abstract
Abstract The interaction between Cytospora leucostoma (causal agent of peach canker) and host-phenolic compounds in dormant peach trees [Prunus persica (L.) Batsch] was examined. Initially, inoculated samples had significantly higher phenolic levels than uninoculated samples. The levels in inoculated samples decreased dramatically in tissues closest to the point of inoculation, however, while the phenolic levels in uninoculated samples remained relatively stable through time. The data suggested that C. leucostoma degraded host-phenolic compounds. Maximum phenolic enrichment was observed in the branch collar region of the main stem of inoculated samples. It was concluded that the presence of C. leucostoma in host tissue played a significant role, over and above the wounding response, in establishing levels of host-phenolic compounds. Levels of phenolics in host tissue seemed to increase in advance of the fungus and this increase may function as a mechanism that slows the pathogen's advance.
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