Pectinolytic and Cellulolytic Enzymes Enhance Fusarium compactum Virulence on Tubercles Infection of Egyptian Broomrape

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Broomrape tubercles attached to tomato roots showing pectinase enhanced virulence for F. compactum. The circle indicates a brown tubercle which was present before inoculation. Each plant bore an average of 16±3 live tubercles. The pictures are from same experiment. F. compactum inoculum level was 3.67 × 10⁶ propagules ml⁻¹ per inoculated bag.

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