Plant Diversity ›› 1990, Vol. 12 ›› Issue (04): 1-3.

• Articles •    

A PRELIMINARY STUDY ON THE CHITINASE AND P-1,3-GLUCANASE IN CORMS OF GASTRODIA ELATA

Yang Zengming Hu Zhong   

  1. Kunming Institute of Botany, Academia Sinica
  • Online:1990-08-25 Published:1990-08-25

Abstract: Gastrodia elaia is a plant parasitic on fungi Armillariella mellea The mycelia infect the primary corm of the plant, and are arrested and digested by the corm at its cortex layer; the released nutrients are mainly transported to the secondary corm which can prevent the infection of the fungus.

Key words: Gastrodia elata