Effect of insect cuticular compounds on appressorium formation and metabolic activity in Metarhizium anisopliae
Yang Xu, Canxia Wu, Dongxu Wang, Huaxin Cai, Jingyang Ni, Wenzhe Li, Yinghua Tong · 2026
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Yang Xu and colleagues test insect skin compounds on the infection structures of a pest-killing fungus in a 2026 study. Metarhizium anisopliae must form appressoria to breach insect cuticle, and that step tracks its killing power.
Several added compounds, including L-aspartic acid and glycyl-L-phenylalanine, sped spore germination and appressorium building. Aspartic acid helped at every dose for germination and peaked at 1 mg per mL for both measures. Two compounds helped at low doses yet blocked growth when strong. Others, like mitifos at high dose, simply inhibited. Metabolite profiling found 367 changed compounds after appressorium formation under aspartic acid.
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| CREATOR | Yang Xu, Canxia Wu, Dongxu Wang, Huaxin Cai, Jingyang Ni, Wenzhe Li, Yinghua Tong |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 49977 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |