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  • Title: [Roles of spermidine in induced resistance of cucumber seedlings to Botrytis cinerea Pers].
    Author: Shang QM, Zhang ZG.
    Journal: Ying Yong Sheng Tai Xue Bao; 2008 Apr; 19(4):825-30. PubMed ID: 18593045.
    Abstract:
    Under the conditions of root substrate injection and foliar spray of different concentration spermidine, this paper measured the disease index, defense enzyme activities, and contents of disease resistance-related substances in cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) seedlings infected by Botrytis cinerea Pers., aimed to investigate the roles of spermidine in induced resistance of cucumber seedlings to B. cinerea. The results showed that after treated with spermidine, the disease index decreased by 25.4%, phenylalanine ammonia lyase (PAL), peroxidase (POD) and polyphenol oxidase (PPO) activities increased by 48.4%, 635.9% and 38.9%, respectively, and total polyphenol, flavonoid and lignin contents increased significantly, compared with the control. All of these suggested that spermidine could induce the disease resistance of cucumber seedlings, and its optimum concentration was 150 mg L(-1).
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