2-Hydroxy-4,7-dimethoxy-1,4-benzoxazin,3-one (N-O-ME-DIMBOA), a possible toxic factor in corn to the southwestern corn borer
1993
Hedin, P.A. | Davis, F.M. | Williams, W.P.
The southwestern corn borer (SWCB), Diatraea grandiosella Dyar, is a major pest of corn, Zea mays L., in the southern United States. The damage to corn is caused primarily by larval feeding on leaf, ear, and stem tissues. In this study, 2-hydroxy-4,7-dimethoxy-1,4-benzoxazin-3-one (N-O-Me-DIMBOA) was identified by MS and NMR as present in corn whorl surface waxes. This compound has evidently not been isolated previously, but its glucoside has been reported in corn, wheat, and Coix lachryma. It is present in the waxes in a higher concentration than DIMBOA (2,4-dihydroxymethoxy-7-1,4-benzoxazin-3-one) and 6-MBOA (6-methoxybenzoxazolinone). It was toxic to the SWCB in a stress diet, but it was less toxic to this insect than 6-MBOA when incorporated in the standard rearing diet. Nevertheless, it may have some role in the resistance of corn to the SWCB because the total surface wax content is higher in resistant lines than in susceptible lines.
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