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Molecular assessment of in vitro fungal elicited culture-derived variations of grain legumes for enhanced phytoalexin expression /

Marwa Sayed Fouad

Molecular assessment of in vitro fungal elicited culture-derived variations of grain legumes for enhanced phytoalexin expression / التقييم الجزيئى للتباينات الخلوية المنتجة للفيتوألكسين معمليا والناشئة عن تعرض البقوليات للمؤثر الفطرى Marwa Sayed Fouad ; Supervised Tahny M. A. Abdelrahman , Tarek Yehia Soliman Kapiel , Osama M. Elshehi - Cairo : Marwa Sayed Fouad , 2012 - 125P. : charts , facsimiles ; 25cm

Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Science - Department of Botany-Microbiology

Treatment of the seedlings of (Vicia faba L.), a model legume for molecular genetic studies , with biotic elicitor (Fusarium solani culture filtrate) resulted in the accumulation of an isoflavonoid phytoalexin , daidzein and genestien . Using PCR strategies , PCR strategies , PAL - cDNAs were obtained from elicited seedling root. The transcription levels of phenylalanine ammonia -lyase (PAL) , which is involved in isoflavonoid biosynthesis , coordinately increased upon elicitation



F. Solani elicitors Phytoalexin Vicia faba L.