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Herbicidal Metabolites from a Soil-Dwelling Fungus (Scopulariopis brumptii)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

Jamin Huang ,
Alan R. Putnam ,
Georgina M. Werner ,
Saroj K. Mishra  and
Curt Whitenack
Jamin Huang
Affiliation:
Plant Biol., Rhone Poulenc Ag Co., Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
Alan R. Putnam
Affiliation:
Dep. Hortic. and Pestic. Res. Ctr., Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI 48824
Georgina M. Werner
Affiliation:
Plant Biol., Rhone Poulenc Ag Co., Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
Saroj K. Mishra
Affiliation:
Dep. Hortic. and Pestic. Res. Ctr., Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI 48824
Curt Whitenack
Affiliation:
Dep. Hortic. and Pestic. Res. Ctr., Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI 48824
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Abstract

The fungus Scopulariopis brumptii Salvanet-Duval (MSU 42018) was isolated from a soil sample collected from the rhizosphere of a potted asparagus plant. When cultured 7 days in A-9 broth medium, the organism produced compounds phytotoxic to seeding dicotyledonous weeds (via foliar application) and to Chlamydomonas reinhardtii Dangeard. Three herbicidal metabolites, 3-hydroxybenzyl alcohol, 2-methylhydroquinone, and (+)-epiepoformin, were isolated by column and thin-layer chromatography (TLC) and structures confirmed by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), nuclear magnetic reasonance spectroscopy (NMR), and mass spectrometry (MS). Of the three compounds, (+)-epiepoformin was the most active, providing complete control of redroot pigweed and 88% control of white mustard when applied at 4.4 kg/ha.

Keywords

Asparagus, Asparagus officinalis L.redroot pigweed, Amaranthus retroflexus L. # AMAREwhite mustard, Sinapis alba L. # SINAL3-hydroxybenzyl alcohol2-methylhydroquinone(+)-epiepoformin
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Weed Science , Volume 37 , Issue 1 , January 1989 , pp. 123 - 128
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Copyright © 1989 by the Weed Science Society of America 

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