Response of total phenols and peroxidase activity in chilli exposed to pepper leaf curl virus disease

Abstract

The result showed that upon infection through artificial inoculation of viruliferous whiteflies, the level of total phenol (28.5 mg/100 g) was reduced by 28 percent in the susceptible genotype (KA-2) as compared to uninoculated conditions (39.6 mg/100 g). However, in case of BS-35 (resistant genotype), the amount of total phenol was increased by 18 percent under artificial inoculated condition (48.1 mg/100 g) as compared to uninoculated stage (56.8 mg/100 g)