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Novel Cucumis Enzymes Associated with Host-Specific Disease Resistance to Phytophthora melonis
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  • Mehdi Esfahani,
  • Lida Hashemi Hashemi,
  • Abbas Nasehi,
  • Ava Nasr esfahani,
  • Arman Nasr Esfahani
Mehdi Esfahani
Islamic Azad University

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Lida Hashemi Hashemi
Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran.
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Abbas Nasehi
3Institute of Plantation Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, 43400, Malaysia
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Ava Nasr esfahani
School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
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Arman Nasr Esfahani
School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
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Abstract

The hemibiotrophic oomycetes are significant threats to a wide range of Cucurbitaceae species, causing substantial losses of plant productions. Particularly, Phytophthora melonis evokes severe symptoms, thus dramatically limiting yield in cucumber. However, information about cucumber–P. melonis interaction is still limited. This study explored changes in the activities of phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (PAL), peroxidase (POX), catalase (CAT), superoxide dismutase (SOD), and polyphenol oxidase (PPO) in cucumber roots of two resistant genotypes (Soheil and Ramezz), one moderately resistant genotype (Baby) and three highly susceptible genotypes (Extrem, Mini 6-23 and Yalda), over the time courses of 7, 14 and 21 days after inoculation (DAI). The results indicated that the activities of defence‐related enzymes differed between the resistant and highly susceptible genotypes. Although, the defense-related enzymatic activities were elevated sharply in the resistant and moderately resistant genotypes after inoculation, but no significant correlations were present between the activity trends of PPO, SOD and CAT and resistance characteristics. Moreover, no significant changes in enzyme activities were found in the control plants, non-inoculated plants of the six genotypes during the testing period. Altogether, the resistance of cucumber to P. melonis is related to POX and PAL activities, but does not show relationship with PPO, SOD and CAT activities. Studying the physiological metabolic pathways of POX and PAL appears to be an important direction in research to elucidate resistance to P. melonis in cucumber genotypes.
04 May 2020Submitted to Biotechnology and Bioengineering
05 May 2020Submission Checks Completed
05 May 2020Assigned to Editor