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A comparison of the levels of hydroxamic acids in Aegilops speltoidesand a hexaploid wheat and effects on Rhopalosiphum padibehaviour and fecundity

Elek, Henriett, Smart, Lesley, Ahmad, S., Anda, Angéla, Werner, C. and Pickett, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1008-6595 2014. A comparison of the levels of hydroxamic acids in Aegilops speltoidesand a hexaploid wheat and effects on Rhopalosiphum padibehaviour and fecundity. Acta Biologica Hungarica 65 (1) , p. 38. 10.1556/ABiol.65.2014.1.4

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Abstract

Hydroxamic acids (HAs) are plant secondary metabolites produced by certain cereals, which have been found to be toxic to pest aphids in artificial diet assays. Previous studies have shown that tetraploid and hexaploid wheat varieties, the leaf tissues of which contained higher levels of these compounds than used in artificial diets, did not reduce aphid settling or fecundity. This current study reports findings on a high HA producing B genome accession of the diploid ancestor of wheat, Aegilops speltoides. We found that this accession does have a negative impact on aphid host selection and substantially reduces nymph production. Whole leaf tissue assays showed very high levels of HAs, well in excess of the toxic level determined in the artificial diet assays. Extraction of the apoplast fluid (AF) from this accession showed that the HA level is much lower than that of the whole tissue, but is still close to the artificial diet toxic level. Furthermore the HA level in the AF increases in response to aphid feeding. These observations could explain why hexaploid wheat remains susceptible to aphids, despite having whole leaf tissue HA levels in excess of the toxic levels determined in artificial diets.

Item Type: Article
Date Type: Published Online
Status: Published
Schools: Chemistry
Publisher: Akadémiai Kiadó
ISSN: 0236-5383
Last Modified: 03 Nov 2022 10:03
URI: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/106790

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