Secretion of chitinase by Aphanocladium album, a hyperparasite of wheat rust

Srivastava, A.K.; Défago, G.; Boller, T.

Experientia 41(12): 1612-1613

1985


ISSN/ISBN: 0014-4754
PMID: 4076411
Document Number: 251765
Aphanocladium album, a hyperparasite of wheat rust, Puccinia graminis var. tritici, secretes chitinase when grown on a chitin-containing medium. This enzyme was purified and shown to attack the mycelium of the parasitized rust fungus.

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