Allomones confer resistance to Musa cultivar Pisanglilin against infestation by Odoiporus longicollis [Oliver] and characterization of Allomones
| Autor: | K.J Kavitha, L. Sibina L, D.A. Evans |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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| Zdroj: | Allelopathy Journal. 53:35-52 |
| ISSN: | 0973-5046 0971-4693 |
| DOI: | 10.26651/allelo.j/2021-53-1-1326 |
| Popis: | In bioassay guided extraction of pseudostem powder of Pisanglilin by organic solvents we found the larvicidal activity in acetone extract, whose column chromatography by methanol-chloroform mixture separated the extract into 9-fractions, of which the 8th fraction showed larvicidal activity. Subfractionation of the active fraction by column chromatography resulted in the isolation of two larvicidal molecules [Stigmasterol-3-O-glucoside (SOG) and Sulfoquinovosyl diacylglycerol (SQDG)]. Yield of SOG was 0.002 % and SQDG was 0.005 % and both were highly toxic to O. longicollis larvae with LD50 of 0.40 and 0.378 ppm, respectively. Larvae fed these compounds stopped feeding on third day and died within one week. SOG inhibited the amylase and protease activity of gut and induced histolysis in the mid gut. While SQDG inhibited the leucine amino peptidase and trypsin like serine protease activities, which decreased the content of total free amino acids. Imbalance in the activities of aspartate amino transferase and alanine amino transferase disrupted the aminoacid metabolism and the compound inhibited the activity of tyrosinase (an enzyme involved in cuticle development). SQDG toxicity caused accumulation of 20-hydroxyecdysone, the active moulting hormone in the hemolymph. Simultaneous action of two allomones present in Pisanglilin effectively resisted the attack of endophytic larvae in the pseudostem and thereby conferred resistance against infestation by O.longicollis. Preliminary study by intrapseudostem injection of Pisanglilin extract in susceptible M.paradisiaca cultivar Kappa, gave complete protection to it from attack by this pest, under field condition. |
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