| Title |
Epicatechin and catechin may prevent coffee berry disease by inhibition of appressorial melanization of Colletotrichum kahawae
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Biotechnology Techniques, August 2006
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| DOI | 10.1007/s10529-006-9135-2 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Zhenjia Chen, Jingsi Liang, Changhe Zhang, Carlos J. Rodrigues |
| Abstract |
Colletotrichum kahawae is the causal agent of coffee berry disease. Appressorial melanization is essential for the fungal penetration of plant cuticle. Epicatechin is abundant in green coffee berry pericarp. Inoculation of C. kahawae conidial suspension containing 1.2 mg epicatechin or catechin/ml did not affect conidial germination or appressorial formation but appressorial melanization was completely inhibited and infection by the treated conidia was less than 30% of the untreated control. Epicatechin and catechin may, therefore, prevent coffee berry disease by inhibition of the appressorial melanization of C. kahawae. |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Benin | 1 | 4% |
| Unknown | 25 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 7 | 27% |
| Researcher | 5 | 19% |
| Student > Bachelor | 2 | 8% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 1 | 4% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 1 | 4% |
| Other | 3 | 12% |
| Unknown | 7 | 27% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 14 | 54% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 3 | 12% |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 1 | 4% |
| Chemistry | 1 | 4% |
| Engineering | 1 | 4% |
| Other | 0 | 0% |
| Unknown | 6 | 23% |
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