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Production of pectinolytic enzymes by colletotrichum capsici [SYD.] butler and bisby

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Colletotrichum capsici produced protopectinase, polygalacturonase and polymethylesterase. Polymethylesterase removed 2.42 mg of methoxyl per ml of culture filtrate in 3 hrs.

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  1. Division of Plant Pathology, Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Udaipur, Campus Jobner, 303328, Rajasthan, India

    J. P. Agnihotri

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  1. J. S. Solanki
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Solanki, J.S., Jain, J.P. & Agnihotri, J.P. Production of pectinolytic enzymes by colletotrichum capsici [SYD.] butler and bisby. Mycopathologia et Mycologia Applicata 54, 189–192 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02050039

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