Changes in the content and biosynthesis of phytoalexins in banana fruit

T Kamo, N Hirai, M Tsuda, D FUJIOKA…

Index: Kamo, Tsunashi; Hirai, Nobuhiro; Tsuda, Mitsuya; Fujioka, Daie; Ohigashi, Hajime Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry, 2000 , vol. 64, # 10 p. 2089 - 2098

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Abstract

Changes in the phytoalexin content in unripe fruit of banana, Musa acuminata, were analyzed after various treatments. The results show that level of hydroxyanigorufone started to increase 1-2 day after either wounding or inoculation with conidia of Colletotrichum musae. Inoculation followed by wounding induced the formation of many other phenylphenalenones. The accumulation of hydroxyanigorufone decreased, after its ...