title: A synergism between oxalic acid and polygalacturonases in the depolymerization of potato tuber tissue.
abstract: Rhizoctonia bataticola produced oxalic acid in vitro and in vivo during pathogenesis of patato tuber. Polygalacturonase (PG) was also detected in culture filtrates of the rot-causing organism. Levels of maceration and cell death in tuber tissue were higher when a mixture of oxalic acid and PG was used than when either oxalic acid or PG were used alone.
authors.affiliation: School of Agriculture, Abia State University, Uturu, Abia State, Nigeria.
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Amadioha