RICE SCIENCE ›› 2006, Vol. 13 ›› Issue (1): 75-78 .

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Content Variations of the Secondary Compounds in Rice Plants and Their Influence on Rice Resistance to Brown Planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens

ZHAO Ying 1, TONG Xiao-li 2, HUANG Feng-kuan 3   

  1. 1Department of Applied Chemistry, College of Sciences, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China; 2Department of Entomology, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China; 3Institute of Plant Protection, Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanning 530007, China
  • Received:2005-08-17 Online:2006-03-28 Published:2006-03-28
  • Contact: ZHAO Ying
  • Supported by:
    the Key Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China (39930120) and the President Research Grant of South China Agricultural University (2002047).

Abstract: Content variations of the four components in the plants of rice ASD7, IR36 (resistant to brown planthopper) and TN1 (susceptible to brown planthopper), and their influence on rice resistance to brown planthopper (BPH, Nilaparvata lugens) were investigated. The resistance diversity of rice to BPH biotype II at different plant ages was chiefly attributed to the content variability of the secondary compounds. The contents in the leaf sheath were the lowest as compared with other parts of rice plant. It might explain the reason that BPH has a preference for feeding on leaf sheath aggregately from chemical point of view.

Key words: rice, brown planthopper, secondary compounds, resistance, content variations