Effect of mycorrhization on the accumulation of rishitin and solavetivone in potato plantlets challenged with Rhizoctonia solani

Mycorrhiza. 2003 Dec;13(6):333-6. doi: 10.1007/s00572-003-0267-0. Epub 2003 Sep 20.

Abstract

The effect of colonization with the vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Glomus etunicatum on the content of rishitin and solavetivone was determined in potato plants cv. Goldrush challenged with Rhizoctonia solani. Mycorrhization stimulated significantly the accumulation of both phytoalexins in roots of plantlets challenged with R. solani but did not influence phytoalexin levels in non-challenged plantlet roots. No accumulation of solavetivone or rishitin was detected in shoots. In Petri dish bioassays, rishitin and solavetivone inhibited mycelial growth of R. solani.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Fungi / physiology*
  • Furans / analysis
  • Mycorrhizae / physiology*
  • Phytoalexins
  • Plant Extracts / analysis
  • Plant Roots / chemistry
  • Plant Roots / microbiology
  • Rhizoctonia / physiology*
  • Sesquiterpenes
  • Solanum tuberosum / drug effects
  • Solanum tuberosum / microbiology*
  • Terpenes / metabolism

Substances

  • Furans
  • Plant Extracts
  • Sesquiterpenes
  • Terpenes
  • rishitin
  • solavetivone
  • Phytoalexins