Bromelain, a cysteine protease from pineapple (Ananas comosus) stem, is an inhibitor of fungal plant pathogens

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 62-67

  Lopez Garcia B ^a   Hernandez M ^b   Segundo, B S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Universidad de Ciego de Avila   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Antimicrobials; Crop protection; Fusarium; Phytopathogens; Plant pathology; Proteinase

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; CROP PROTECTION; PATHOGENS; PEPTIDES;

ANANAS COMOSUS; ANTIMICROBIAL; CROP PROTECTION; CYSTEINE PROTEASE; FUNGAL PATHOGEN; FUSARIUM; PHYTOPATHOGENS; PLANT PATHOGEN; PLANT PATHOLOGY; PROTEINASE;

FUNGI;

BROMELAIN; FUNGAL ENZYME;

AGRONOMY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BIOASSAY; BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENZYME ACTIVITY; FRUIT; FUNGICIDE; FUNGUS; GROWTH RATE; INHIBITOR; MONOCOTYLEDON; PATHOGEN; PATHOLOGY; PURIFICATION; STEM;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BROTH DILUTION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; FUNGAL PLANT DISEASE; FUNGAL VIABILITY; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUSARIUM MONILIFORME; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; FUSARIUM PROLIFERATUM; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PINEAPPLE; PLANT STEM; PROTEIN DEGRADATION;

ANANAS COMOSUS; FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; FUSARIUM PROLIFERATUM; GIBBERELLA MONILIFORMIS;

EID: 84862252331     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2012.03258.x     Document Type: Article

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