<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//NLM//DTD JATS (Z39.96) Journal Publishing DTD v1.2d1 20170631//EN" "JATS-journalpublishing1.dtd"> <ArticleSet> <Article> <Journal> <PublisherName>emergentresearch</PublisherName> <JournalTitle>Emergent Life Sciences Research</JournalTitle> <PISSN>2395-6658 (</PISSN> <EISSN>) 2395-664X (Print)</EISSN> <Volume-Issue>Vol 7, Issue 1, Published on 30</Volume-Issue> <PartNumber/> <IssueTopic>Multidisciplinary</IssueTopic> <IssueLanguage>English</IssueLanguage> <Season>June 2021</Season> <SpecialIssue>N</SpecialIssue> <SupplementaryIssue>N</SupplementaryIssue> <IssueOA>Y</IssueOA> <PubDate> <Year>-0001</Year> <Month>11</Month> <Day>30</Day> </PubDate> <ArticleType>Research Article</ArticleType> <ArticleTitle>Effect of Fusarium musae on cell wall degrading enzymes, total soluble sugar and total phenol content of infected banana fruits</ArticleTitle> <SubTitle/> <ArticleLanguage>English</ArticleLanguage> <ArticleOA>Y</ArticleOA> <FirstPage>21</FirstPage> <LastPage>27</LastPage> <AuthorList> <Author> <FirstName>T. T</FirstName> <LastName>Baria</LastName> <AuthorLanguage>English</AuthorLanguage> <Affiliation/> <CorrespondingAuthor>N</CorrespondingAuthor> <ORCID/> <FirstName>K. B. Rakholiya</FirstName> <LastName/> <AuthorLanguage>English</AuthorLanguage> <Affiliation/> <CorrespondingAuthor>Y</CorrespondingAuthor> <ORCID/> </Author> </AuthorList> <DOI/> <Abstract>In this study, the effect of inoculation of Fusarium musae on ripe and unripe banana fruits was observed. Phenylalanine ammonia lyase (PAL) activity was higher in unripe inoculated fruits (73.22 U h-1 g-1 protein) than uninoculated (58.42 U h-1 g-1 protein), while it decreased in ripe inoculated (9.15 U h-1 g-1 protein) and uninoculated fruits (3.35 U h-1 g-1 protein) after 72 h of storage. Polyphenol oxidase (PPO) activity of uninoculated (2.3 U min-1 g-1 protein) was more or less similar to inoculated (3.0 U min-1 g-1 protein) fruits after 72 h of storage. However, in uninoculated and inoculated semi-ripe fruits, PPO activity was increased about 16.0 folds and 18 foldsafter 72 h incubation, respectively. At the 0 h incubation the PPO activity was 4.61 fold higher in ripe fruits as compared to semi-ripe fruits, but it was increased after 72 h in both inoculated and uninoculated semi-ripe fruits. Peroxidase (POX) activity was higher in ripe fruits (48.85-120.9 __ampersandsignmu;mol guaiacol min-1 g-1 protein) than in semi-ripe fruits (8.65-60.9 __ampersandsignmu;mol guaiacol min-1 g-1 protein) up to72 h of storage. The POX activity was enhanced after inoculation with F. musae in all ripening stages. The degree of increase in infected unripe, semi-ripe and ripe was 11.71, 7.0 and 2.47 fold higher respectively than uninoculated fruits. Total soluble sugar content was higher (208.65mg/g fresh weight) in ripe uninoculated fruits and still further decreases (195.87mg/g fresh weight) in inoculated fruits and lowest in uninoculated unripe fruits after 72 h of storage. 9.22 fold increases in total soluble sugar content was observed in unripe inoculated fruits followed by unripe uninoculated fruits and semi-ripe fruits. Total phenol content was higher in unripe fruits (15.71mg/g fruit weight) than semi-ripe (13.49mg/g fruit weight) and ripe fruits (10.59mg/g fruit weight) at initial time. The phenol content was decreased with increasing storage period in uninoculated fruits and further decreased in inoculated fruits in all three stages.</Abstract> <AbstractLanguage>English</AbstractLanguage> <Keywords>Fusarium musae, PAL, POX, PPO, total phenol, total soluble sugar</Keywords> <URLs> <Abstract>https://emergentresearch.org/ubijournal-v1copy/journals/abstract.php?article_id=9400&title=Effect of Fusarium musae on cell wall degrading enzymes, total soluble sugar and total phenol content of infected banana fruits</Abstract> </URLs> <References> <ReferencesarticleTitle>References</ReferencesarticleTitle> <ReferencesfirstPage>16</ReferencesfirstPage> <ReferenceslastPage>19</ReferenceslastPage> <References/> </References> </Journal> </Article> </ArticleSet>