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Revista mexicana de ciencias agrícolas

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LIZARRAGA-PAULIN, Eva Guadalupe; TORRES-PACHECO, Irineo; MORENO-MARTINEZ, Ernesto  e  MIRANDA-CASTRO, Susana Patricia. Biotic-stress protection induced by chitosan in maize (Zea mays L.) seedlings. Rev. Mex. Cienc. Agríc [online]. 2011, vol.2, n.6, pp.813-827. ISSN 2007-0934.

Maize (Zea mays L.) is an important crop in Mexico, which is often affected by the presence of pathogenic fungi. The objective of this paper was to determine the protective effect of chitosan in maize seedlings subjected to biotic stress. The experiment was conducted at the School of Advanced Studies Cuautitlán, UNAM, in 2008. In order to achieve the aim, after some quality tests, three groups of seeds were separately subjected to attacks by Aspergillus flavus and Fusarium moniliforme. A first group was considered as a positive control, another was coated with chitosan solution and, a final group was mechanically damaged before application of the biopolymer. For five weeks, the seedling growth was evaluated by measuring the total length, length of leaves, stems and, their thickness. There was no significant increase in the size of seedlings from seeds coated with chitosan when compared to the other groups, but, the absence of diseases in the seedlings treated with the biopolymer was quite evident. In the fifth week of growth, leaf structures of the seedlings were planted in agar PDA in order to determine the presence of stresful-fungi. It was found that, leaves from the seeds treated with chitosan developed no fungal burden, suggesting that, chitosan acts as an activator of defense mechanisms in maize seedlings, preventing infection by the pathogenic fungi.

Palavras-chave : Aspergillus flavus; Fusarium moniliforme; Zea mays L.; biopolymer.

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