ASSESSMENT OF ENDOGENOUS ORGANIC ACID LEVELS IN ASCOCHYTA BLIGHT [Ascochyta rabiei (Pass.) Labr.] SUSCEPTIBLE AND RESISTANT CHICKPEAS (Cicer arietinum L.)
M. İlhan ÇAĞIRGAN, Cengiz TOKER , Mustafa KARHAN , Mehmet AKSU , Salih ÜLGER , Hüseyin ÇANCI
Abstract
Ascochyta blight, caused by Ascochyta rabiei (Pass.) Labr., is one of the most important foliar diseases of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) in many countries. The present study was designed to determine whether there were different concentrations of organic acids between kabuli chickpea genotypes known as resistant and susceptible to ascochyta blight. ILC 263, (susceptible to ascochyta blight), FLIP 95-51C and FLIP 95-60C (resistant to ascochyta blight) were used to determine the levels of endogenous citric, malic, oxalic, quinic, and succinic acids. Citric and oxalic acid concentrations were lower in resistant genotypes than the susceptible genotype. However, malic acid was higher in the resistant genotypes than the susceptible one. Results suggested that high level of malic acid may be used as preselection criteria for resistance to ascochyta blight in chickpea breeding material.
Effects of Different Water Stress Levels on Biomass Yield and Agronomic Traits of Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) Varieties under Semi-Arid Conditio
Erdal GONULAL, Suleyman SOYLU, Mehmet SAHIN