garlic (Van
Darnme
er
al., 1993)
and leek (Vergouwen
er
al., 1998). Number of PR-
proteins that belong to PR-8 protein (Metmux
er
al.. 1988) and PR-I I protein
(Melchers
er
al., 1994) have been reported from cucumber and tobacco respcctively.
Different plant chitinases reported against phytopnthogens are listed in Table 2.