Banded cucumber beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) resistance in romaine lettuce: understanding latex chemistry |
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Authors: | Amit Sethi Hans T Alborn Heather J McAuslane Gregg S Nuessly Russell T Nagata |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of Florida, PO Box 110620, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA;(2) Center for Medical, Agricultural, and Veterinary Entomology, USDA-ARS, 1600 SW 23rd Drive, Gainesville, FL 32608, USA;(3) Everglades Research and Education Center, University of Florida, 3200 East Palm Beach Rd., Belle Glade, FL 33430, USA;(4) Plant and Environmental Protection Sciences, CTAHR, University of Hawaii, Hilo, HI 96720, USA;(5) Present address: Department of Entomology, Purdue University, 1300 W. State, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA |
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Abstract: | Many plants subjected to herbivore damage exude latex, a rich source of biochemicals, which plays important roles in host plant resistance. Our previous studies showed that fresh latex from Valmaine, a resistant cultivar of romaine lettuce Lactuca sativa L., applied to artificial diet is highly deterrent to feeding by banded cucumber beetle, Diabrotica balteata LeConte, compared to the latex of a closely related susceptible cultivar Tall Guzmaine. The deterrent factor(s) could be extracted from Valmaine latex with water–methanol (20:80). In this study, further fractionation of the methanolic crude extract of Valmaine latex was performed using reverse-phase and ion-exchange solid-phase extraction to isolate the deterrent compounds. Retention of deterrent compounds on anion and cation exchange resin suggested the presence of highly polar compounds with both carboxylic and amine groups in Valmaine latex. Further bioassay-directed fractionation of cation exchange extract using LC/MS indicated the presence of at least 3 major and an unknown number of minor compounds in the bioactive fraction between 3 and 4 min. The m/z 210 out of the 3 major compounds showed strong amino acid characteristics (glutamine and/or glutamic acid) when subjected to further MS n degradation. Our studies suggest that nitrogenous ingredients of latex play a key role in Valmaine resistance to D. balteata, and latex may be a source of bioactive compounds with a potential use in pest management. |
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