scholarly journals Quantitative variation of secondary metabolites in the sea hare Aplysia parvula and its host plant, Delisea pulchra

1996 ◽  
Vol 130 ◽  
pp. 135-146 ◽  
Author(s):  
R de Nys ◽  
PD Steinberg ◽  
CN Rogers ◽  
TS Charlton ◽  
MW Duncan
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Metabolites ◽  
Host Plant ◽  
Quantitative Variation ◽  
Sea Hare ◽  
Delisea Pulchra

scholarly journals A Cross-Metabolomic Approach Shows that Wheat Interferes with Fluorescent Pseudomonas Physiology through Its Root Metabolites

Metabolites ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 84
Author(s):  
Laura Rieusset ◽  
Marjolaine Rey ◽  
Florence Gerin ◽  
Florence Wisniewski-Dyé ◽  
Claire Prigent-Combaret ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Metabolites ◽  
Host Plant ◽  
Soil Microorganisms ◽  
Wheat Root ◽  
Bioactive Metabolites ◽  
Root Extracts ◽  
Fluorescent Pseudomonas ◽  
Health And Development ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Metabolomic Approach

Roots contain a wide variety of secondary metabolites. Some of them are exudated in the rhizosphere, where they are able to attract and/or control a large diversity of microbial species. In return, the rhizomicrobiota can promote plant health and development. Some rhizobacteria belonging to the Pseudomonas genus are known to produce a wide diversity of secondary metabolites that can exert a biological activity on the host plant and on other soil microorganisms. Nevertheless, the impact of the host plant on the production of bioactive metabolites by Pseudomonas is still poorly understood. To characterize the impact of plants on the secondary metabolism of Pseudomonas, a cross-metabolomic approach has been developed. Five different fluorescent Pseudomonas strains were thus cultivated in the presence of a low concentration of wheat root extracts recovered from three wheat genotypes. Analysis of our metabolomic workflow revealed that the production of several Pseudomonas secondary metabolites was significantly modulated when bacteria were cultivated with root extracts, including metabolites involved in plant-beneficial properties.

Secondary Metabolites Isolated from the Sea Hare Aplysia pulmonica from the South China Sea

2016 ◽  
Vol 52 (4) ◽  
pp. 758-760 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiao-Feng Mou ◽  
Wen-Tao Bian ◽  
Chang-Yun Wang ◽  
Chang-Lun Shao
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Metabolites ◽  
South China Sea ◽  
South China ◽  
The South China Sea ◽  
The South ◽  
China Sea ◽  
Sea Hare

scholarly journals The diversification of downy mildew species was not driven by the loss of mycorrhizal associations or the evolution of C4 photosynthesis

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
William J Davis ◽  
Jo Anne Crouch
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Metabolites ◽  
Host Plant ◽  
Downy Mildew ◽  
Host Plants ◽  
C4 Photosynthesis ◽  
Plant Secondary Metabolites ◽  
Free Carbon ◽  
Photosynthetic Pathway ◽  
Mycorrhizal Associations ◽  
C3 Photosynthesis

There are approximately 700 obligate biotrophic species grouped into 20 genera (Oomycota, Peronosporaceae) that cause downy mildew diseases. Dick hypothesized in 2001 that diversification of downy mildew species was driven, in part, by host plant secondary metabolites. Dick further speculated that this was driven by the transition of host plants away from mycorrhizal associations or the evolution of C4 photosynthesis. Specifically, loss of mycorrhizal associations or the use of C4 photosynthesis would result in more free carbon that the plants could then use to produce more secondary metabolites. If true, then there should be more downy mildew species that infect hosts from plant lineages that lack mycorrhizal associations or use C4 photosynthesis. However, analysis of 677 downy mildew species for host plant mycorrhizal associations and host plant photosynthetic pathway type show that this is not what occurred. Seventy percent of downy mildew species parasitize hosts that form mycorrhizal associations and 94% of downy mildew species parasitize hosts that use C3 photosynthesis. From this, it is concluded that the diversification of downy mildew species was not driven by the loss of mycorrhizal associations or the evolution of C4 photosynthesis. However, 85% of downy mildew species that parasitize Poaceae (grasses) parasitize C4 hosts. Thus, it is possible that C4 photosynthesis plays a role in the diversification of these genera.

scholarly journals Mistletoe Contains Higher Secondary Metabolites Than the Host Plant at the Host-Parasite Interface: Insights From Tapinanthus Globiferus Collected In Enugu, Nigeria

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Godswill Ajuziogu ◽  
G C Agbo ◽  
Reginald Njokuocha ◽  
Anthony Nweze ◽  
Eugene O Ojua ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Metabolites ◽  
Host Plant ◽  
Bioactive Compounds ◽  
Host Plants ◽  
Parasitic Plant ◽  
Phytochemical Content ◽  
Host Parasite ◽  
Respective Host

Abstract Background: This study aims at evaluating the phytochemicals composition at the host-parasite interfaces of parasitic plant Tapinanthus globiferus (mistletoe) and four host plants. Wood tissues of the hosts and the parasite at the host-parasite interface were collected and analyzed to determine the presence secondary metabolites. Results: The result showed that flavonoids, saponins, and glycosides were present in the plants and parasite samples. The results revealed higher concentration of flavonoids (P < 0.05) in the parasite of C. acuminata (1190.33 ± 48.23 mgQE/g) and P. macrophylla (1482.55 ± 31.35 mgQE/g) than in the host plant. Saponins was significantly (P < 0.05) higher in the parasites as compared to their respective host. Conclusion: At the host-parasite interface, significantly higher phytochemicals in the wood portion of T. globiferus was observed as compared to the host plants wood; however, the variability in phytochemical content of T. globiferus is dependent on the host. Therefore, milestoe would be a better source of bioactive compounds with high medicinal values than their host plants if explored further.

scholarly journals Bitki Sekonder Maddelerinin Herbivor Böceklere Etkileri

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 153
Author(s):  
Oğuzhan Yanar ◽  
Elif Fatma Topkara
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Metabolites ◽  
Chemical Defense ◽  
Host Plant ◽  
Secondary Compounds ◽  
The Other ◽  
Herbivorous Insects ◽  
Interspecies Competition ◽  
Secondary Chemistry ◽  
Defense Strategies ◽  
And Behavior

Plants have developed mechanical and chemical defense strategies that are effective against herbivores. Plants contain chemicals that are known as secondary metabolites (allelochemical) and these chemicals do not directly involve in organisms’ reproduction and growth, on the other hand, they affect survival, growth and behavior of species. These compounds usually take ecological tasks and plants use these compounds against diseases, parasites, and predators for interspecies competition. It is known through the observations on feeding of herbivorous insects that these compounds act as deterrent chemicals or they are toxic against them. Feeding is one of the most fundamental and the most important behaviors for herbivorous insects. Even though host plant preference of herbivores is partially depend on nutrients, this behavior greatly depends on secondary chemistry of plants. Effects of secondary compounds on herbivorous insects can be positive or negative.

scholarly journals Parallel meta-transcriptome analysis reveals degradation of plant secondary metabolites by beetles and their gut symbionts

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jing Wei ◽  
Xing-Ke Yang ◽  
Kari Segraves ◽  
Huai-Jun Xue
Keyword(s):  
Gene Expression ◽  
Secondary Metabolites ◽  
Host Plant ◽  
Plant Species ◽  
Expression Patterns ◽  
Herbivorous Insects ◽  
Gene Expression Patterns ◽  
Beetle Species ◽  
Flea Beetles ◽  
Gut Symbionts

Switching to a new host plant is a driving force for divergence and speciation in herbivorous insects. This process of incorporating a novel host plant into the diet may require a number of adaptations in the insect herbivores that allow them to consume host plant tissue that may contain toxic secondary chemicals. As a result, herbivorous insects are predicted to have evolved efficient ways to detoxify major plant defenses and increase fitness by either relying on their own genomes or by recruiting other organisms such as microbial gut symbionts. In the present study we used parallel meta-transcriptomic analyses of Altica flea beetles and their gut symbionts to explore the contributions of beetle detoxification mechanisms versus detoxification by their gut consortium. We compared the gut meta-transcriptomes of two sympatric Altica species that feed exclusively on different host plant species as well as their F1 hybrids that were fed one of the two host plant species. These comparisons revealed that gene expression patterns of Altica are dependent on both beetle species identity and diet. The community structure of gut symbionts was also dependent on the identity of the beetle species, and the gene expression patterns of the gut symbionts were significantly correlated with beetle species and plant diet. Some of the enriched genes identified in the beetles and gut symbionts are involved in the degradation of secondary metabolites produced by plants, suggesting that Altica flea beetles may use their gut microbiota to help them feed on and adapt to their host plants.

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