Influence of the Maize Dwarf Mosaic Virns and Simazine upon the Buffer Soluble Proteins and Catalase Activity of a Virus-susceptible and a Virus-tolerant Variety of Zea mays.

Inbred corn varieties differing in their tolerance to the maize dwarf mosaic virus infection also differ in varietal character and host response to simazine. Oh 7B, a tolerant cv., has less total soluble and globulin proteins than the sensitive variety, H 55, but more Kjeldahl nitrogen, albumin protein and a doubling of catalase activity. Virus inoculation in Oh 7B causes a reduction in all three protein fractions, Kjeldahl nitrogen and catalase activity. Deleterious virus-simazine interaction does not occur with either variety and the observed varietal and host response differences in protein may account for the conflicting reports of other workers.