Infestation of froghopper nymphs changes the amounts of total phenolics in sugarcane

Scientia Agricola

Rafael José Navas Da Silva²  Eduardo Rossini Guimarães²  José Francisco Garcia¹  Paulo Sérgio Machado Botelho¹  Maria Inês Tiraboschi Ferro²  Miguel Angelo Mutton¹  Márcia Justino Rossini Mutton² 

[1] ,UNESP/FCAV Depto. de Tecnologia Jaboticabal SP

关键词: Saccharum spp;    phenolic compounds;    secondary metabolism;    plant-insect interaction;    Saccharum spp;    fenóis totais;    metabolismo secundário;    interação planta-inseto;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0103-90162005000600005

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

The increased rate of sugarcane harvest without previous burn has provided a very favorable environment to the froghopper Mahanarva fimbriolata (Stal, 1854), with high moisture and low temperature variation. Few works have studied the response of sugarcane to this pest, so little is known about resistant cultivars. Plant phenolics are widely studied compounds because of their known antiherbivore effect. This research aims to determine if the attack of M. fimbriolata nymphs stimulates the accumulation of total phenolics in sugarcane. The experiment was carried out in greenhouse and arranged in completely randomized design, in a 3 X 2 X 4 factorial with three replications. Second instar nymphs of M. fimbriolata were infested at the following rates: control, 2-4 and 4-8 nymphs per pot (first-second infestations, respectively). Pots were covered with nylon net and monitored daily to isolate the effect of leaf sucking adults. Leaf and root samples were collected and kept frozen in liquid nitrogen until analyses. Infested plants showed higher levels of phenolics in both root and leaf tissues. In roots, the cultivar SP80-1816 accumulated more phenolic compounds in response to the infestation of M. fimbriolata. On the other hand, higher levels were found in leaves and roots of control plants of SP86-42, which might be an indication of a non-preference mechanism. The increase of total phenolics in sugarcane infested with root-sucking froghopper nymphs does not seem to be useful to detect the resistance to this pest.

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