IPOMEAMARONE ACCUMULATION AND LIPID METABOLISM IN SWEET POTATO INFECTED BY THE BLACK ROT FUNGUS I. IDENTIFICATION OF STEROL AND CHANGES IN LIPID METABOLISM DURING INFECTION PROCESS

Changes in lipid contents during infection process in the non-infectedtissue adjacent to the infected region of diseased sweet potatoroots with black rot were examined in comparison with cut controltissue. Incorporation of 2 ¹⁴C-acetate and ³²P-phosphate intolipid fraction was also investigated. Although there was nosignificant change in lipid ester groups in both tissues, increasein phospholipids was found in diseased tissue. Sterol isolatedfrom fresh material was identified with ß-sitosterol.Chromatographic patterns of non-phospholipid fraction of diseasedtissue suggested that some metabolic alteration of this fractionmight occur in response to infection. ¹This paper constitutes Part 40 of Phytopathological Chemistryof Sweet Potato with Black Rot.