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VI. Elicitors of Ethylene from Colletotrichum lagenarium Trigger Chitinase Activity in Melon Plants

Université Paul Sabatier, Centre de Physiologie Végétale. U.A. 241 CNRS, 118, route de Narbonne, 31062 Toulouse Cédex, France

Treatment of melon leaves or seedlings with elicitors of Colletotrichum lagenarium, a fungal pathogen of melon, increases chitinase activity. In treated leaves, chitinase is enhanced within the first 6 hours and becomes 2 to 10 times higher than in control leaves after 24 hours. Ethylene is increased simultaneously and is correlated with chitinase elicitation. In the presence of aminoethoxyvinylglycine, an inhibitor of ethylene synthesis, both elicitor-induced ethylene and elicitor-induced chitinase are inhibited. This inhibition is overcome by added exogenous ethylene. On the other hand, 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid the direct precursor of ethylene, triggers chitinase activity. Chitinase elicitation is thought to be a protein synthesis dependent process, as it does not occur in the presence of cycloheximide.

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