Antifungal Activity of a Plant Cystatin

Purified chestnut cystatin inhibited the growth of the phytopathogenic fungi Botrytis cinerea, Colletotrichum graminicola, and Septoria nodorum, but not that of the saprophyte Trichoderma viride. Furthermore, the cystatin strongly affected the protease activity of B. cinerea but had no effect on the...

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Main Authors: Mónica Pernas, Emilia López-Solanilla, Rosa Sánchez-Monge, Gabriel Salcedo, Pablo Rodríguez-Palenzuela
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The American Phytopathological Society 1999-07-01
Series:Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions
Online Access:https://apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/MPMI.1999.12.7.624