History of Rice Phytoalexin Research

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There are many other important studies on the signal transduction pathways involved in the induction of phytoalexin accumulation, but here we focus on the studies on the substances and their biosynthesis.

Other publications related to rice phytoalexins are listed here.

  • 1908 Asahina (Univ. of Tokyo) (Asahina 1908a; Asahina 1908b)
    • Isolation of sakuranetin as an aglycon of sakuranin, a glycoside from the bark of cherry trees.
  • 1927 Asahina et al (Asahina et al. 1927)
    • Determination of the chemical structure of sakuranetin.
  • 1958 Uehara (Hiroshima Agric. Jr. College) (Uehara 1958)
    • The first report on the production of phytoalexin-like substances by the interaction between the rice blast fungus and rice leaves.
  • 1973 Kato (Tohoku Univ.) et al. (Kato et al. 1973)
    • Isolation and structure determination of momilactones A and B from rice husks as plant growth inhibitors.
  • 1977 Cartwright (Shell) et al. (Cartwright et al. 1977; Cartwright et al. 1981)
    • Identification of momilactones A and B as rice phytoalexins from WL-28325 (a plant activator)-treated and the rice blast fungus-inoculated rice leaves.
  • 1983-5 Akatsuka (Ibaraki Univ.) et al. (Akatsuka et al. 1983; Kono et al. 1984; Akatsuka et al. 1985; Kono et al. 1985)
    • Isolation and structural determination of oryzalexins A, B and C as phytoalexins from the blast-infected rice leaves.
  • 1985 Mori (Univ. of Tokyo) et al. (Mori & Waku 1985)
    • Chemical synthesis of oryzalexins A, B, C and their enantiomers.
  • 1986 Akatsuka et al. (Sekido et al. 1986)
    • Isolation and structure determination of oryzalexin D as a phytoalexin from the blast-infected rice leaves.
  • 1992-3 Kodama (Ibaraki Univ.) et al. (Kodama et al. 1992a; Tamogami et al. 1993; Kodama et al. 1992b
    • Isolation and structural determination of oryzalexin S and sakuranetin as phytoalexins from UV-irradiated rice leaves.
  • 1993-4 Kodama et al. (Kato et al. 1993; Kato et al. 1994)
    • Isolation and structure determination of oryzalexins E and F as phytoalexins from UV-irradiated rice leaves.
  • 1995 Koga (Meiji Seika) et al. (Koga et al. 1995
    • Isolation and structural determination of phytoalexins, phytocassane A, B, C and D, from rice leaf sheaths inoculated with the rice sheath blight fungus.
  • 1997 Koga et al. (Koga et al. 1997)
    • Isolation and structure determination of phytoalexin phytocassane E from rice cell culture treated with elicitor from Phytophthora infestans.
  • 2000 Yajima (Tokyo Univ. of Science) et al. (Yajima & Mori 2000)
    • Chemical synthesis of (-)-phytocasane D and determination of the absolute configuration.
  • 2002 Deslongchamps (Sherbrooke Univ.) et al. (Germain & Deslongchamps 2002)
    • Chemical synthesis of (±)-momilactone A.
  • 2002 Kato-Noguchi (Kagawa Univ.) et al. (Kato-Noguchi et al. 2002)
    • Identification of momiractone B as an allelochemical from rice root exudate.
  • 2004-7 Toyomasu (Yamagata Univ.) and Yamane (Univ. of Tokyo) et al. as well as Peters (Iowa State Univ.) et al. (Otomo et al. 2004a; Otomo et al. 2004b; Xu et al. 2004; Wilderman et al. 2004; Cho et al. 2004; Prisic et al. 2004 2004; Nemoto et al. 2004; Kanno et al. 2006; Xu et al. 2007)
    • Identification of diterpene cyclase genes involved in the biosynthesis of momilactones, oryzalexins, and phytocasans.
  • 2007 Yamane et al. (Shimura et al. 2007)
    • Discovery of a biosynthetic gene cluster of momilactones on rice chromosome 4.
  • 2007 Nozaki et al. 2007 (Okayama Univ. of Sci.) (Nozaki et al. 2007)
    • Identification of momilactones A and B as allelochemicals from the moss Hypnum plumaeforme.
  • 2009 Peters et al. (Swaminathan et al. 2009)
    • Discovery of a biosynthetic gene cluster of phytocassanes on rice chromosome 2.
  • 2012 Okada (University of Tokyo) et al. (Shimizu et al. 2012)
    • Identification of a gene encoding naringenin 7-O-methyltransferase involved in the biosynthesis of sakuranetin.
  • 2013 Hasegawa (Ibaraki Univ.) et al. (Inoue et al. 2013)
    • Isolation and structure determination of ent-10-oxodepressin as a phytoalexin from UV-irradiated rice leaves.
  • 2014 Lee, Cho (Kyung Hee Univ.) et al. (Park et al. 2014)
    • Identification of N-benzoyltryptamine and N-cinnamoyltryptamine as antimicrobial compounds from UV-irradiated rice leaves.
  • 2015 Hasegawa et al. (Horie et al. 2015)
    • Isolation and structure determination of phytocassane F as a phytoalexin from UV-irradiated Rice Leaves.
  • 2016 Hasegawa et al. (Horie et al. 2016)
    • Identification of N-benzoyltryptamine and N-cinnamoyltryptamine as phytoalexins based on their accumulation in the blast fungus-inoculated rice leaves.
  • 2018 Ishihara (Tottori Univ.) et al. (Morimoto et al. 2018)
    • N-cinnamoylserotonin, N-p-coumaroylserotonin, N-feruloylserotonin, N-benzoylserotonin, N-cinnamoyltyramine, and N-benzoyltyramine were identified as phytoalexins in rice leaves inoculated with Cochliobolus miyabeanus and Xanthomonas oryzae.
  • 2020 Ishihara et al. (Kariya et al. 2020)
    • Isolation and structure determination of phytocassane G and oryzalactone as phytoalexins from UV-irradiated rice leaves.
  • 2020-1 Luo (Huazhong Agric. Univ.) et al. as well as Wang (Sichuan Agric. Univ.) and Peters et al. (Zhan et al. 2020; Liang et al. 2021)
    • Discovery of a biosynthetic gene cluster of ent-10-oxodepressin on rice chromosome 7.