Daewon Jeong
  • Department of Microbiology, Yeungnam University College of Medicine, Korea
Research fields
  • Immunology
Quantification of Ethylene Production in Tomato Leaves Infected by Xanthomonas euvesicatoria
Authors:  Jung-Gun Kim, William Stork and Mary Beth Mudgett, date: 02/05/2016, view: 10615, Q&A: 0
Ethylene is a gaseous plant hormone controlling fruit ripening, flower opening, leaf senescence as well as abscission, and disease symptom development. Ethylene plays a critical role in the bacterial pathogen Xanthomonas euvesicatoria (X. euvesicatoria)-elicited symptom development in tomato. This protocol describes the measurement of ethylene gas produced by tomato leaves infected with X. euvesicatoria. Infected leaflets are placed in a glass tube for 30 min without sealing. The glass tubes are then capped with a septa stopper, and incubated for an hour. A 1 ml gas sample is removed from the tube using a syringe and then injected into a gas chromatograph to quantify ethylene gas levels. This protocol will be applicable for other plants with other pathogens with modifications.
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