Host-Derived Acetogenins Involved in the Incompatible Parasitic Relationship between Cuscuta reflexa (Convolvulaceae) and Ancistrocladus heyneanus (Ancistrocladaceae)

Abstract The twining parasitic plant CUSCUTA REFLEXA is able to attack the tropical liana ANCISTROCLADUS HEYNEANUS by invading the stem tissues and forming haustoria that penetrate the vascular bundles of the host. Subsequent reactions by the host, including phytoalexin production and hypersensitive...

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Published in:Plant biology (Stuttgart, Germany) Germany), 1999-09, Vol.1 (5), p.581-584
Main Authors: Bringmann, G., Schlauer, J., Rückert, M., Wiesen, B., Ehrenfeld, K., Proksch, P., Czygan, F.-C.
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Language:English
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Summary:Abstract The twining parasitic plant CUSCUTA REFLEXA is able to attack the tropical liana ANCISTROCLADUS HEYNEANUS by invading the stem tissues and forming haustoria that penetrate the vascular bundles of the host. Subsequent reactions by the host, including phytoalexin production and hypersensitive reactions, lead to a degeneration of the parasite's haustoria and eventually to the abortion of parasitic tissues. In experiments with callus cultures of both plants, acetogenic secondary metabolites produced by the host, in the first line the naphthoquinone plumbagin, are demonstrated to be major antipathogenic factors involved in this incompatible relationship.
ISSN:1435-8603
1438-8677
DOI:10.1055/s-2007-978556