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JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY
Volume 40, Issue 1, Pages 84-89Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-013-0370-4
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Fusaric acid; Fusarinol; Fusarium wilt; Phytotoxicity
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- National Science Foundation [0840464]
- Cotton Incorporated
- Division Of Chemistry
- Direct For Mathematical & Physical Scien [0840464] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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The fungus Fusarium oxysporum causes wilt diseases of plants and produces a potent phytotoxin fusaric acid (FA), which is also toxic to many microorganisms. An Aspergillus tubingensis strain with high tolerance to FA was isolated from soil and designated as CDRAt01. HPLC analysis of culture filtrates from A. tubingensis isolate CDRAt01 grown with the addition of FA indicated the formation of a metabolite over time that was associated with a decrease of FA. Spectral analysis and chemical synthesis confirmed the compound as 5-butyl-2-pyridinemethanol, referred to here as fusarinol. The phytotoxicity of fusarinol compared to FA was measured by comparing necrosis induced in cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L. cv. Coker 312) cotyledons. Fusarinol was significantly less phytotoxic than FA. Therefore, the A. tubingensis strain provides a novel detoxification mechanism against FA which may be utilized to control Fusarium wilt.
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