Abstract
Rhizoctonia bataticola produced oxalic acid in vitro and in vivo during pathogenesis of patato tuber. Polygalacturonase (PG) was also detected in culture filtrates of the rot-causing organism. Levels of maceration and cell death in tuber tissue were higher when a mixture of oxalic acid and PG was used than when either oxalic acid or PG were used alone.
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Amadioha, A.C. A synergism between oxalic acid and polygalacturonases in the depolymerization of potato tuber tissue. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 9, 599–600 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00386304
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