Abstract
Glandular trichomes on the surface of Solanaceae species produce acyl sugars that are species-, and cultivar-specific. Acyl sugars are known to possess insecticidal, antibiotic, and hormone-like properties, and as such have great potential as a class of naturally occurring pesticides and antibiotics. The objective of this work was to analyze the acyl composition of acyl sugars in the leaf trichome exudate from selected Nicotiana species and to follow the inheritance of acyl content in their hybrids. Trichome exudates were collected, and the acyl profiles of acyl sugars were identified via GC–MS. The variations in acyl group inheritance in the hybrids (a single parent resemblance, missing, complementary, and novel groups) matched the patterns described in the literature for a variety of secondary metabolites. However, we did not find a complementation of major parental acyl groups. Instead, in some hybrids we observed a dynamic change in the proportions of acyl groups, distinguishing the acyl group profiles as novel. We observed paternal (i.e. N. tabacum cv. Turkish Samsun × N. benthamiana hybrids) and maternal (i.e. N. tabacum cv. Samsun-nn × N. otophora) inheritance patterns, novel acyl profiles (N. excelsior hybrids), and missing acyl groups (N. excelsiana). Selective inheritance of some acyl groups in the hybrids of N. benthamiana (4- and 5-methylheptanoic isomers) or N. alata (octanoate) was found. Suggestions are given to explain certain patterns of inheritance. The data presented here contribute to the body of knowledge about the effect of interspecific hybridization on the secondary metabolites by including acylsugar acyl groups that have not been studied previously.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
7-1-2020
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10265-020-01188-x
Funding Information
This work was supported by the KTRDC, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA.
Repository Citation
Mihaylova-Kroumova, Antoaneta B.; Artiouchine, Ivan; Korenkov, Victor D.; and Wagner, George J., "Patterns of Inheritance of Acylsugar Acyl Groups in Selected Interspecific Hybrids of Genus Nicotiana" (2020). Kentucky Tobacco Research and Development Center Faculty Publications. 23.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/ktrdc_facpub/23
Notes/Citation Information
Published in Journal of Plant Research, v. 133, issue 4, p. 509-523.
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This is a post-peer-review, pre-copyedit version of an article published in Journal of Plant Research. The final authenticated version is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10265-020-01188-x