Untersuchungen zum Einflufß von Aluminiumfosetyl auf den pflanzlichen Phenolstoffwechsel in den Pathogen‐Wirt‐Beziehungen Phytophtbora fragariae – Erdbeere und Bretmia lactucae ‐ Salat

Abstract

Abstract Investigations on the influence of aluminium ethyl phosphite on the plant phenolic metabolism in the pathogen‐host‐interactions Phytophthora fragariae ‐ strawberry and Bremia lactucae ‐ lettuce Aluminium ethyl phosphite exhibited pronounced preventive and very good curative activities. In strawberries, 4000 ppm of the compound affected an eminent protection against Phytophthora fragariae after root and leaf applications; the earlier the fungicide treatment was carried out, the more distinct was the control effect. Similar relations were established in the pathogen‐host‐interaction Bremia lactucae, in which 5000 ppm of the fungicide proved to be highly active following pre‐ and postinfectional applications.In both parasite‐host‐interactions, an enrichment of phenolics in consequence of a de‐novo‐synthesis in diseased plant tissue was observed only very late and exclusively, when fungicide and parasite had come together; inoculation on one hand or fungicide treatment on the other resulted in no remarkable effect.With great certainty, however, the augmentation of phenolics was not the cause, but rather the consequence of fungicidal efficiency which resulted in killing of the fungus and partial destruction of host tissue after direct influence of aluminium ethyl phosphite on the parasite itself. A clear proof for a main and causal evidence of aluminium ethyl phosphite‐induced phenolics for protection of strawberries against Phytophthora fragariae and of lettuce against Bremia lactucae could not be furnished.