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Enhanced hypericin production in Hypericum perforatum and Hypericum pruinatum in response to inoculation with two fungal pathogens

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  • Cüneyt Çirak

    (Department of Agronomy and)

  • Hasan Murat Aksoy

    (Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture,)

  • Ali Kemal Ayan

    (The High School of Profession of Bafra, University of Ondokuz Mayis, Kurupelit /Samsun/, Turkey)

  • Saglam Birsen

    (Department of Agronomy and)

  • Kevseroglu Kudret

    (Department of Agronomy and)

Abstract

Recent years has seen increasing interest in the genus Hypericum because it is the source of a variety of compounds and the biological activities of the genus are mainly derived from its hypericin content. The present study was conducted to determine whether this compound may be implicated as part of an inducible plant defense response in H. perforatum and H. pruinatum. Greenhouse-grown plants were inoculated with the plant pathogens Phytophthora capsici and Diploceras hypericinum. Hypericin levels of the Hypericum species increased significantly in response to inoculation with both pathogens. While up to now little effort has been made to determine whether hypericin is inducible by pathogen/herbivore attack or if it could play a role in plant defense, the present study indicates that hypericin is a component in inducible plant defense response of H. perforatum and H. pruinatum.

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  • Cüneyt Çirak & Hasan Murat Aksoy & Ali Kemal Ayan & Saglam Birsen & Kevseroglu Kudret, 2005. "Enhanced hypericin production in Hypericum perforatum and Hypericum pruinatum in response to inoculation with two fungal pathogens," Plant Protection Science, Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences, vol. 41(3), pages 109-114.
    • Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlpps:v:41:y:2005:i:3:id:2725-pps
    DOI: 10.17221/2725-PPS
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    1. CÜneyt Çirak & Jolita Radusiene & Hasan Murat Aksoy & Rimute Mackinaite & Zydrunas Stanius & Necdet Camas & Mehmet Serhat Odabas, 2014. "Differential phenolic accumulation in two Hypericum species in response to inoculation with Diploceras hypericinum and Pseudomonasputida," Plant Protection Science, Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences, vol. 50(3), pages 119-128.

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