Four chemical substances i.e. salicylic acid, oxalic acid, disodium phosphate and ethephon were tested, as seed soaking treatments, to study their effect on reducing the severity of root-rot disease of chickpea plants caused by Rhizocotnia solani. In vitro studies showed that the tested chemicals significantly reduced the linear growth of the fungus .
The greenhouse experiments showed that salicylic acid, disodium phosphate and ethephon were effective chemicals in reducing the root-rot disease and significantly increases seedling survival,.A significant increase in the activity of chitinase enzyme was also recorded in plants grown from the treated seeds. Salicylic acid increases the activity of oxidative reductive enzymes (peroxidase and chitinase enzymes ) in the plants tissues . In the field experiments salicylic acid proved to be the most effective chemical in reducing the root-rot disease as will as increases the yield components.
El-Syed, S., & El-Shennawy, R. (2010). ELICITING THE RESISTANCE IN CHICKPEA AGAINST RHIZOCTONIA ROOT- ROT DISEASE. Journal of Plant Protection and Pathology, 1(8), 605-612. doi: 10.21608/jppp.2010.86908
MLA
Sahar A. El-Syed; Rania Z. El-Shennawy. "ELICITING THE RESISTANCE IN CHICKPEA AGAINST RHIZOCTONIA ROOT- ROT DISEASE", Journal of Plant Protection and Pathology, 1, 8, 2010, 605-612. doi: 10.21608/jppp.2010.86908
HARVARD
El-Syed, S., El-Shennawy, R. (2010). 'ELICITING THE RESISTANCE IN CHICKPEA AGAINST RHIZOCTONIA ROOT- ROT DISEASE', Journal of Plant Protection and Pathology, 1(8), pp. 605-612. doi: 10.21608/jppp.2010.86908
VANCOUVER
El-Syed, S., El-Shennawy, R. ELICITING THE RESISTANCE IN CHICKPEA AGAINST RHIZOCTONIA ROOT- ROT DISEASE. Journal of Plant Protection and Pathology, 2010; 1(8): 605-612. doi: 10.21608/jppp.2010.86908
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