What is it about?
Tea polyphenol significantly suppressed urediniospore germination and caused the aberrant growth of germ tubes of wheat stripe rust. Moreover, Tea polyphenol reduced incidence rate and the uredia coverage rate in a dose-and application time-dependent manner. TP treatment also induced the aberrant differentiation of stripe rust on wheat leaves.
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Why is it important?
Tea polyphenol may be a potential antifungal agent for the control of obligate biotrophic fungus in plants.
Perspectives
Aside from demonstrating antifungal activities for the control of obligate biotrophic fungus in plants, TP also shows other advantages, such as abundant resources, simple extraction process, low production cost and environmental friendliness. Therefore, TP as a fungicide exhibits wide-ranging application prospects in the control of fungal diseases in plants.
Yuheng Yang
Southwest University
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This page is a summary of: Tea polyphenol is a potential antifungal agent for the control of obligate biotrophic fungus in plants, Journal of Phytopathology, June 2017, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1111/jph.12591.
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