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Varietal resistance of tea towardsBipolaris carbonum was tested following detached leaf inoculation technique. Among the fourteen varieties tested, three were found to be highly susceptible, while other three were resistant. Leaf exudates and diffusates collected from the resistant varieties were more fungitoxic than those from the susceptible ones. Two antifungal compounds isolated from healthy andB. carbonum-infected tea leaves exhibited clear inhibition zones atR F 0.8 and 0.65, respectively, in a chromatographic bioassay. On the basis of their color reaction on TLC and UV-spectra these were identified to be catechin and pyrocatechol. Resistant and susceptible varieties accumulated 439–510 and 187–212 μg/g fresh mass tissue of pyrocatechol, respectively, 2 d after inoculation withB. carbonum, while a low concentration (45–58 μg/g) of this compound was detected in healthy leaf tissue.
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Chakraborty, B.N., Saha, A. Accumulation of antifungal compounds in tea leaf tissue infected withBipolaris carbonum . Folia Microbiol 39, 409–414 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02814448
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