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Cell Wall-Bound Phenolic Acid and Lignin Contents in Date Palm as Related to its Resistance to Fusarium Oxysporum

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Biologia Plantarum

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The root cell walls of the resistant cultivars of the date palm were more resistant to the action of the cell wall-degrading enzymes (CWDE) of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. albedinis than those of the susceptible cultivars. Date palm roots contain four cell wall-bound phenolics identified as p-hydroxybenzoic acid, p-coumaric acid, ferulic acid and sinapic acid. The contents of p-coumaric acid and ferulic acid in the resistant cultivars (IKL, SLY, BSTN) were about 2 times higher than those in the susceptible cultivars (BFG, JHL, BSK). The contents of p-hydroxybenzoic acid and sinapic acid in the resistant cultivars were 8.4 and 4.5 times, respectively, higher than those in the susceptible cultivars. The lignin contents in roots of the resistant cultivars were 1.8 times higher than those of the susceptible cultivars. The cell wall-bound phenols accumulated particularly in resistant cultivars reduced strongly the mycelial growth and the CWDE production in vitro.

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  1. Faculté des Sciences et Techniques de Guéliz, Laboratoire de Biotechnologie et Physiopathologie Végétales, B.P. 618, 40 000, Marrakech, Morocco

    C. El Modafar

  2. Faculté des Sciences Semlalia, Laboratoire de Biochimie Nutritionnelle et Pathologique, B.P. 2390, 40 000, Marrakech, Morocco

    E. El Boustani

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El Modafar, C., El Boustani, E. Cell Wall-Bound Phenolic Acid and Lignin Contents in Date Palm as Related to its Resistance to Fusarium Oxysporum. Biologia Plantarum 44, 125–130 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1017942927058

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