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Pectin distribution in susceptible and resistant varieties of cotton and its derangement in fusariose wilt indicated the close correlation between root pectin levels and susceptibility. The role of the pectic enzyme systems of the pathogenF. vasinfectum in the derangement in the host pectin metabolism is discussed.
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Communicated by Prof. T. S. Sadasivan,f.a.sc.
Part of a thesis approved for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy of the University of Madras, 1955.
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Lakshminarayanan, K. Physiology of host-parasite relationship in theFusarium wilt of cotton. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. 44, 317–324 (1956). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03050995
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