Université de Fribourg

Identification of phytotoxins from Botryosphaeria obtusa, a pathogen of black dead arm disease of grapevine

Djoukeng, Jules Désiré ; Polli, Suzanna ; Larignon, Philippe ; Abou-Mansour, Eliane

In: European Journal of Plant Pathology, 2009, vol. 124, no. 2, p. 303-308

A bioassay-guided fractionation of a culture filtrate of Botryosphaeria obtusa led to the isolation of four dihydroisocoumarins, named mellein 1, 4-hydroxymellein 2, 7- hydroxymellein 3 and the new 4,7-dihydroxymellein 4. LC-UV-DAD-MS analysis of vine wood infected by B. obtusa revealed the presence of mellein (1). Botryosphaeria obtusa was also able to oxidise wood δ -resveratrol into the...