Abstract:In order to clarify the difference responses of different chestnut cultivars to Cp-toxin stress, the method of excised leaf test was used to study the effect of Cp-toxin from Cryphonectria parasitica (Murr.) Barr on Castanea mollissima Blume, especially on its protective enzymes activities of the enzymes superoxide dismutase (SOD), peroxidase (POD), ascorbate peroxidase (APX). The results showed that the activities of the protective enzymes increased notably and the change extent of the enzymes activities of the resistant variety was the largest when the Cp-toxin concentration was lower than 100 μg/mL, and CAT, APX, PAL activities were 4.36, 2.19, 3.98 times of the control respectively. Finally, the antioxidant enzyme system was damaged, the protective enzyme activities decreased and were significantly lower than that of the control (P<0.01) when the treatment concentration of Cp-toxin was up to 200μg/mL. The defense enzyme activities were positively correlated the resistance to the chestnut blight, and the enzyme activities after inoculation could be used as the criterion to evaluate the disease resistance.