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PHYTOCHEMISTRY
Volume 89, Issue -, Pages 47-52Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2012.09.018
Keywords
Solanum lycopersicum L.; Solanaceae; Tomato; Rhizoctonia solani; Basidiomycota; Fungi; Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry; Bioassay; Host response; Phenylacetic acid; Quinic acid; Plant disease; Phenylalanine metabolism
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- Initiative for Future Agriculture and Food Systems from the USDA Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service [2001-52101-11507]
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The metabolic control of plant growth regulator production by the plant pathogenic fungus Rhizoctonia solani Kuhn (teleomorph = Thanatephorus cucumeris (A.B. Frank) Donk) and consequences associated with the parasitic and saprobic activity of the fungus were investigated. Fourteen genetically distinct isolates of the fungus belonging to anastomosis groups (AG) AG-3, AG-4, and AG-1-IA were grown on Vogel's minimal medium N with and without the addition of a 25 mM quinic acid (QA) source of carbon. The effect of QA on fungal biomass was determined by measuring the dry wt of mycelia produced under each growth condition. QA stimulated growth of 13 of 14 isolates of R. solani examined. The production of phenylacetic acid (PAA) and the chemically related derivatives 2-hydroxy-PAA, 3-hydroxy-PAA, 4-hydroxy-PAA, and 3-methoxy-PAA on the two different media was compared by gas chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry (GC-MS). The presence of QA in the growth medium of R. solani altered the PAA production profile, limiting the conversion of PAA to derivative forms. The effect of QA on the ability of R. solani to cause disease was examined by inoculating tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) plants with 11 isolates of R. solani AG-3 grown on media with and without the addition of 25 mM QA. Mean percent survival of tomato plants inoculated with R. solani was significantly higher when the fungal inoculum was generated on growth medium containing QA. The results of this study support the hypotheses that utilization of QA by R. solani leads to reduced production of the plant growth regulators belonging to the FAA metabolic complex which can suppress plant disease development. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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