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Determination of the role of salicylic acid and Benzothiadiazole on physico-chemical alterations caused by Cucumber mosaic virus in tomato

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Shoe-string disease caused by Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) is one of the major threats to tomato production worldwide. The alteration in some biochemical parameters in leaves of the susceptible tomato genotype (Nagina) associated with CMV infection and the effect of exogenous application of salicylic acid (SA) and benzothiadiazole (BTH) were studied in this paper. Results showed that exogenous treatment with SA and BTH not only led to plants which gave significantly more yield than diseased controls (DC), but also delayed symptom expression and reduced disease severity. Analysis of biochemical parameters indicated that exogenous application of elicitors and viral infection, significantly affected the activity of peroxidase (POD), superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT) and ascorbate peroxidase (APX). Compared to the DC plants, minimum disease severity and maximum number of fruit were recorded after a single dose of SA + BTH. Maximum plant height was recorded after weekly application of SA and maximum fruit yield per plant was gained with single dose of SA. Moreover, the activity of POD was significantly elicited many-fold after weekly application of SA + BTH, while higher amount of SOD was recorded with single dose of SA. The activity of CAT was also significantly accelerated after weekly application of SA + BTH while increased level of APX was noticed with single dose of BTH. In conclusion, the combined application of SA and BTH played an important role in induction of defense mechanism against CMV infection and can be useful in tomato disease management programs.

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    Rana M. Sabir Tariq & Imran ul Haq

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    Khalid P. Akhtar, Amjad Hameed, Najeeb Ullah & Muhammad Y. Saleem

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Sabir Tariq, R.M., Akhtar, K.P., Hameed, A. et al. Determination of the role of salicylic acid and Benzothiadiazole on physico-chemical alterations caused by Cucumber mosaic virus in tomato. Eur J Plant Pathol 150, 911–922 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10658-017-1332-4

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