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- Title
Identification of Defense Compounds in Barbarea vulgaris against the Herbivore Phyllotreta nemorum by an Ecometabolomic Approach.
- Authors
Kuzina, Vera; Ekstrøm, Claus Thorn; Andersen, Sven Bode; Nielsen, Jens Kvist; Olsen, Carl Erik; Bak, Søren
- Abstract
Winter cress (Barbarea vulgaris) is resistant to a range of insect species. Some B. vulgaris genotypes are resistant, whereas others are susceptible, to herbivory by flea beetle larvae (Phyllotreta nernorum). Metabolites involved in resistance to herbivory by flea beetles were identified using an ecometabolomic approach. An F2 population representing the whole range from full susceptibility to full resistance to flea beetle larvae was generated by a cross between a susceptible and a resistant B. vulgaris plant. This F2 offspring was evaluated with a bioassay measuring the ability of susceptible flea beetle larvae to survive on each plant. Metabolites that correlated negatively with larvae survival were identified through correlation, cluster, and principal component analyses. Two main clusters of metabolites that correlate negatively with larvae survival were identified. Principal component analysis grouped resistant and susceptible plants as well as correlated metabolites. Known saponins, such as hederagenin cellobioside and oleanolic acid cellobioside, as well as two other saponins correlated significantly with plant resistance. This study shows the potential of metabolomics to identify bioactive compounds involve in plant defense.
- Subjects
GENOTYPE-environment interaction; YELLOWROCKETS; METABOLITES; BIOLOGICAL assay; PLANT defenses; BEETLES; PLANT resistance to insects; HOST plants
- Publication
Plant Physiology, 2009, Vol 151, Issue 4, p1977
- ISSN
0032-0889
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1104/pp.109.136952