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Toxic effects of elm phytoalexin mansonones on Ophiostoma ulmi, the causal agent of dutch elm disease
Author(s) -
Wu W. D.,
Jeng R. S.,
Hubbes M.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
european journal of forest pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.535
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1439-0329
pISSN - 0300-1237
DOI - 10.1111/j.1439-0329.1989.tb00269.x
Subject(s) - dutch elm disease , ophiostoma , phytoalexin , biology , botany , chemistry , fungus , biochemistry , resveratrol
The toxic effect of elm phytoalexins (mansonones) on two isolates of Ophiostoma ulmi was studied cytologically and physiologically. The effects included increasing ion leakage, reducing respiration rate and altering the structure of cellular organelles.