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The effect of calcium on the production of ethylene and abscisic acid by fungus Fusarium culmorum and by wheat seedlings infected with that pathogen

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Wheat seedlings infected and non-infected with Fusarium culmorum were grown on mediums with different content of calcium (0, 2, 4, 8 mM). It was found that the higher the content of calcium in the medium, the greater the amounts of ethylene produced in both non-infected and infected wheat seedlings, whereas the level of ABA in their tissues was decreased.

Taking into consideration the fact that ethylene inhibits, whereas ABA stimulates the growth and development of Fusarium culmorum, it may be assumed that the production of ethylene increased under the influence of calcium and the decreased level of ABA in wheat seedlings causes the reduction growth and development of pathogen and as a result it lowers the degree of infection of wheat seedlings by this fungus.

Thus, on the base of the obtained results it may be concluded that the inhibiting influence of calcium on injurying the wheat seedlings by Fusarium culmorum may be caused by the influence of this cation on the hormone balance in the plant.

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Zielińska, M., Michniewicz, M. The effect of calcium on the production of ethylene and abscisic acid by fungus Fusarium culmorum and by wheat seedlings infected with that pathogen. Acta Physiol Plant 23, 79–85 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11738-001-0026-9

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