Ethephon treatment proved efficient in inducing resistance of faba bean plants against both chocolate spot (Botrytis fabae Sard.) and rust (Uromyces viciae fabae (Pers.) de Bary). Seed Soaking in 800 pg/ml showed a significant reduction in severity of both diseases and a noticeable increase in yield of seeds/plant. The same treatment caused a pronounced reduction in percentage of browning and spreading of chocolate spot beneath inoculum .droplets placed on the abaxial surface of detached leaves. However, treatment with 1000 pg/mi led to lower levels of both diseases. Treatments with 600 and 800 pg/ml of ethephon showed an increase in phytoalexin accumulation in leaf tissues after 24 h of elicitation by each of B. fabae or B. cinerea.
SALEM, D. E., OMAR, S. A. M., & ALY, M. M. (1994). INDUCTION OF RESISTANCE IN FABA BEAN AGAINST CHOCOLATE SPOT AND RUST USING ETHEPHON SEED TREATMENT. Egyptian Journal of Agricultural Research, 72(4), 937-946. doi: 10.21608/ejar.1994.454483
MLA
DORREIAH E. SALEM; SAEED A. M. OMAR; MADEH M. ALY. "INDUCTION OF RESISTANCE IN FABA BEAN AGAINST CHOCOLATE SPOT AND RUST USING ETHEPHON SEED TREATMENT", Egyptian Journal of Agricultural Research, 72, 4, 1994, 937-946. doi: 10.21608/ejar.1994.454483
HARVARD
SALEM, D. E., OMAR, S. A. M., ALY, M. M. (1994). 'INDUCTION OF RESISTANCE IN FABA BEAN AGAINST CHOCOLATE SPOT AND RUST USING ETHEPHON SEED TREATMENT', Egyptian Journal of Agricultural Research, 72(4), pp. 937-946. doi: 10.21608/ejar.1994.454483
VANCOUVER
SALEM, D. E., OMAR, S. A. M., ALY, M. M. INDUCTION OF RESISTANCE IN FABA BEAN AGAINST CHOCOLATE SPOT AND RUST USING ETHEPHON SEED TREATMENT. Egyptian Journal of Agricultural Research, 1994; 72(4): 937-946. doi: 10.21608/ejar.1994.454483