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Biochemical Aspects of Winter Wheat Resistance to Aphids

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Suitable winter wheat cultivars of different degree of resistance to cereal aphids, Sitobion avenae F. and Rhopalosiphum pali L. have been studied in the field conditions. The differences in the chemical composition of possible attractants and repellants have been analysed. The results confirm the interpendence between contents of yellow and orange plant pigments in the leaves of the studied varieties and their preference by the aphids. The leaves of the susceptible cultivars also had the highest level of sucrose. The number of the aphids was directly proportional to the total free amino acids content. The higher degree of resistance of the cultivars was related to the contents free phenols in their tissues and was also associated with a high value of ‘toxicity index’, which is the ratio of free phenols content to free amino acids content. Also the contents of structural polysaccharides (cellulose, hemicelluloses and pectins) of the investigated cultivars were inversely proportional to the degree of their infestation.

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Des cultivars de blé d’hiver appropriés ayant differents degrés de résistance aux aphidés Sitobion avenae F. et Rhopalosiphum padi L. ont été étudiés dans des conditions expérimentales. La différence quant à la composition chimique des differents attractifs et répulsifs a été analysée. Les résultats ont confirmé [’sinterdependence entre la quantité des pigments jaunes et oranges dans les feuilles des variétés étudiés et leur préférence par les aphidés. Un haut niveau de sucrose a été aussi observé dans les feuilles des cultivars susceptibles. Les effectifs des aphidés étaient directement proportionnnels à la quantité des acides aminés libres. Il y avait un rapport entre le haut degré de résistance des cultivars et la quantité de phénols libres dans leurs tissus et le haut niveau de l’indice de toxicité qui est le rapport des phénols libres aux acides aminés libres. En outre, la quantité de polysacharides structuraux, de cellulose, hémicelluloses et pectines des cultivars analysés étaient inversement proportionnelle au degré de leur infestation.

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Niraz, S., Leszczyński, B., Ciepiela, A. et al. Biochemical Aspects of Winter Wheat Resistance to Aphids. Int J Trop Insect Sci 6, 253–257 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1017/S1742758400004513

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