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Effect of Galactose on Polygalacturonase Production and Pathogenesis by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici. W. L. Biehn, Assistant Plant Pathologist, Department of Plant Pathology and Botany, The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, New Haven 06504; A. E. Dimond, Chief, Department of Plant Pathology and Botany, The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, New Haven 06504. Phytopathology 61:242-243. DOI: 10.1094/Phyto-61-242.

Galactose repressed polygalacturonase synthesis by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici about 70-85% on a pectin-salts medium. Galactose reduced foliar symptoms of Fusarium wilt of tomato about 40% on plants treated 2-3 days after inoculation.