Open AccessEnzyme activity in banana fruits rotted by Botryodiplodia theobromae Pat.
Author(s) -
N. D. Chakraborty,
B. Nandi
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
acta agrobotanica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.4
H-Index - 9
eISSN - 2300-357X
pISSN - 0065-0951
DOI - 10.5586/aa.1978.004
Subject(s) - polyphenol oxidase , peroxidase , cycloheximide , fungus , catechol oxidase , enzyme , enzyme assay , horticulture , biology , botany , chemistry , biochemistry , protein biosynthesis
Peroxidase and polyphenol oxidase activities in fruits of two cultivars of banana, 'champa' and 'kanthali' rotted by Botryodiplodia theobromae Pat. was studied. The enzymes showed much higher activities in infected than that in uninfected 'tissues. Increase in peroxidase activity was evidently inhibited by cycloheximide. Polyphenol oxidase activity was also inhibited in presence of phenylthiourea and Na-diethyldithiocarbamate more strongly by the former. Increase in activities seemed to be due to increased sytheses of the enzymes. In an in vitro culture, the fungus exhibited some peroxidase but no polyphenoloxidase activity