C. L. Igeleke
Department of Basic Sciences, Benson Idahosa University, P.M.B. 1100, Benin City, Nigeria
D. K.G. Ayanru
Department of Microbiology, University of Benin, P.M.B. 1154, Benin City, Nigeria
ABSTRACT
Floral and fruit tissues of two cultivars of plantain (Musa paradisiacal L.), P100-F (susceptible) and P200-1 (resistant to cigar-end rot disease), grown side by side in a field plot in Benin City, Nigeria, were analysed for soluble and tissue-bound amino acids, total carbohydrate and crude protein using paper chromatography and micro Kjeldahl methods. Diminished carbohydrate and protein concentrations and intensity spotting of alanine and leucine were found in fruit tissue digest of the susceptible plantain cultivar (P100-F) as compared with values in digests from the resistant cultivar (P200-1). The relevance of these results in relation to the management of cigar-end rot disease of plantain is discussed.
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C. L. Igeleke and D. K.G. Ayanru, 2006. Sugar and Amino Acid Contents of Fruit and Foliar Tissues from Two Cultivars of Plantain (Musa paradisiaca) Susceptible and Resistant to Cigar-end Rot Disease Caused by Verticillium theobromae. Journal of Biological Sciences, 6: 916-920.
DOI: 10.3923/jbs.2006.916.920
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=jbs.2006.916.920
DOI: 10.3923/jbs.2006.916.920
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=jbs.2006.916.920
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