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. 1985 Mar;77(3):642–647. doi: 10.1104/pp.77.3.642

Isolation and Characterization of an Elicitor of Necrosis Isolated from Intercellular Fluids of Compatible Interactions of Cladosporium fulvum (Syn. Fulvia fulva) and Tomato 1

Pierre J G M De Wit 1,2, Ans E Hofman 1,2, Grardy C M Velthuis 1,2, Joseph A Kuć 1,2
PMCID: PMC1064579  PMID: 16664113

Abstract

Intercellular fluids of compatible race-cultivar interactions of Cladosporium fulvum and tomato contain specific elicitors of necrosis. These elicitors which are of fungal origin induce chlorosis and necrosis in resistant but not in susceptible plants. With the tomato cultivar Sonatine (carrying resistance gene Cf9, resistant to the fungal races 0, 4, 5, 2, 2.4, and 2.4.5 but susceptible to race 2.4.5.9) as the test plant for assaying necrosis-inducing activity, we isolated and partially characterized an elicitor of necrosis on this cultivar. The elicitor bound to CM-Sephadex but not to DEAE-Sephadex; it was stable to heat (10 minutes at 100°C), HCl (0.01 normal), NaOH (0.01 normal), and NaIO4 (0.02 molar), sensitive to pronase and protease (from Bacillus polymyxa) but not to other proteases such as α-chymotrypsin and trypsin. After electrophoresis of partially purified elicitor preparations under low pH conditions, the necrosis-inducing activity was association with a peptide with an apparent molecular weight of 5500. Races 0, 4, 5, 2.4, and 2.4.5 but not race 2.4.5.9 produced this elicitor in high yields. The elicitor is probably a product of avirulence gene A9 which is present in all races except in race 2.4.5.9 and induces necrosis in cultivars carrying resistance gene Cf9.

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