Cytokinins increase epicatechin content and fungal decay resistance in avocado fruits
Cytokinins increase epicatechin content and fungal decay resistance in avocado fruits
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DOI:
10.1007/s003440010005
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发表时间:
2001-03-01
影响因子:
4.8
通讯作者:
Prusky, D
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作者:
Beno-Moualem, D;Vinokur, Y;Prusky, D
Treatment of avocado callus originating from avocado mesocarp (MC-2) or pericarp (PC-1) with compounds mimicking cytokinin activity enhanced the level of epicatechin. Increasing thidiazuron (TDZ) in the medium (0.9 muM to 1.8 muM) tripled the epicatechin level of the mesocarp in cytokinin-dependent (MC-2) callus. TDZ also induced the level of epicatechin in the cytokinin- independent clone mesocarp (MC-1), but the overall level of epicatechin in this tissue was 12-fold lower than in the cytokinin-dependent callus. Preharvest spray of avocado cv. Fuerte fruits with TDZ (10 muM) or benzylaminopurine (BAP) (40 muM) increased activities of flavanone-3-hydroxylase (F3H) and dihydroflavanone reductase (DFR) at 2 weeks as well as levels of epicatechin and resistance to Colletotrichum gloeosporioides. Preharvest treatments of fruits of avocado cv, Ettinger with benzyl adenine delayed fruit softening and decay by 20%. It is suggested that compounds with cytokinin-like activity stimulate the flavonoid biosynthetic pathway in avocado tissue. This can lead to enhanced fruit resistance as shown by the delay in decay development due to C. gloeosporioides.