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We report the effects of some bisorbicillinoids isolated from biomass of the fungus Trichoderma citrinoviride on settling and feeding preference of the aphid Schizaphis graminum. Purification of the fungal metabolites was carried out by a combination of column chromatography and thin-layer chromatography using direct and reverse phases. Chemical identification was performed by spectroscopic methods including nuclear magnetic resonance and mass spectrometry. The identified bisorbicillinoids appeared to be bislongiquinolide, its 16,17-dihydro derivative, trichodimerol, and dihydrotrichodimerol. A feeding preference test with alate morphs of S. graminum was used to identify the active fractions. Among the four bisorbicillinoids, dihydrotrichodimerol and bislongiquinolide influenced aphid feeding preference, restraining specimens from settling on leaves treated with metabolites. Taste neurons sensitive to these compounds, particularly to bislongiquinolide, were located on tarsi of the S. graminum alate morphs.
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The NMR spectra were recorded at the NMR Service of the Istituto di Chimica Biomolecolare del CNR, Pozzuoli, Italy. Dr. G. Ricciardiello and Mrs D. Melck are gratefully acknowledged for technical assistance and Mrs. M. Zampa for recording MS spectra. The authors also acknowledge the assistance of Dr. Pasqualina Grazioso for statistical analysis. The work was supported by a grant from the Italian Ministry of University and Research (MIUR). Contribution DISSPAPA n. 162.
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Evidente, A., Andolfi, A., Cimmino, A. et al. Bisorbicillinoids Produced by the Fungus Trichoderma citrinoviride Affect Feeding Preference of the Aphid Schizaphis graminum . J Chem Ecol 35, 533–541 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-009-9632-6
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