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The role of phenols in potato tuber resistance against soft rot byErwinia carotovora ssp.carotovora

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Increasing doses of nitrogenous fertilizer increased storage rots in six potato cultivars of which cvs Kufri Sindhuri and Kufri Lalima rotted less and were found to contain high amounts of total phenols compared to the more susceptible cultivars Kufri Jyoti and Kufri Badshah. Nine phenolic acids were identified in the peel and the pulp of tubers and four of these and of other phenolic extracts from tubers suppressed the growth ofErwinia carotovora ssp.carotovora.

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  1. Department of Plant Pathology, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, 263 145, Pantnagar, India

    Arun Kumar & V. S. Pundhir

  2. Department of Chemistry, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, 263 145, Pantnagar, India

    K. C. Gupta

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Research Publication No. 5811, Experiment Station, G.B.P.U.A. & T., Pantnagar 263 145, India.

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Kumar, A., Pundhir, V.S. & Gupta, K.C. The role of phenols in potato tuber resistance against soft rot byErwinia carotovora ssp.carotovora . Potato Res 34, 9–16 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02358090

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