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Changes in Saccharide Metabolism Induced by Infection of Camellia Sinensis by Exobasidium Vexans

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Biologia Plantarum

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Changes in saccharide contents of tea leaves during infection with blister blight fungus Exobasidium vexans Masse was studied. Saccharose and glucose contents decreased in the blistered portions when compared to the normal regions until sporulation and remained constant during the entire period of sporulation. Fructose content increased abruptly during the initiation of sporulation and remained constant up to the end of sporulation in both blistered and non-blistered regions. Starch content continuously decreased in the blistered region. Peroxidase activity was highly enhanced during the final stages of leaf senescence. The activity of acid invertase was inversely proportional to the starch content and closely related to the changes in the saccharose and glucose contents. Protein and chlorophyll contents gradually decreased in the blistered regions.

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Pius, P., Krishnamurthy, K. & Nelson, R. Changes in Saccharide Metabolism Induced by Infection of Camellia Sinensis by Exobasidium Vexans . Biologia Plantarum 41, 127–132 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1001785104994

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