Variation of crude fats in Rumex maritimus Linn. during infection with Ustilago parletoreii. F.A Wald

Abstract

The present paper deals with the variation of Crude fats in Rumex maritimus Linn. during infection with smut fungus, Ustilago parletoreii F.A. Wald. R. maritimus is an annual herb growing wild in different marshy places of Manipur. The leaves are cooked as a vegetable curry items by the local people of Manipur. The plant is often infected with smut fungus mostly at the midribs and soft portion of the stem. During the infection with Smut fungus Ustilago parletoreii, different metabolic changes were takes place. There is fluctuation of total crude fats, its degree of unsaturation and may synthesized low molecular weight of fatty acids during infection of the plant by this fungus.