ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF CELL-LINES RESISTANT TO CRUDE CULTURE FILTRATE OF FUSARIUM IN CHICKPEA

Cell lines resistant to Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. Ciceri crude culture filtrate have been selected in Cicer arietinum cv C235. Phenol conten t end the activities of tyrosine ammonia lyase (TAL), phenylalanine am monia lyase (PAL) and beta-1, 3-glucanase were increased by the elicit or in callus cultures of Fusarium susceptible cultivar C235, resistant cultivar WR315 and a stable Fusarium resistant cell clone FC-3. The i ncrease in phenols and glucanase activity, was more in selected cell l ine than in cv C235 and cv WR315, while the increase in activities of TAL and PAL showed reverse correlation.