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Switchgrass Steroidal Saponins Reduce Fungal Disease but Decrease Yeast Fermentation Yield
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Increasing the production of bioproducts from lignocellulosic feedstocks requires improvement in both field production and biorefinery efficiency. When plant traits arise that improve field production but decrease biofuel yield, these trade-offs can represent challenges in the entire production process. To examine trade-offs between field and production traits, we examined factors underlying switchgrass resistance to fungal rust pathogens in field conditions and factors that impede yeast fermentation in the lab using repeated measurements on a switchgrass genetic diversity panel. We found that the same switchgrass genotypes that showed high fungal pathogen resistance also showed recalcitrance to yeast fermentation. These switchgrass genotypes were mostly from the Atlantic genetic group, which had high levels of specialized metabolites of the saponin class. Among 1589 metabolites identified through metabolomics, we found that saponins were among the most likely to explain variation in both rust infection and fermentation yield using random forest feature selection, and that only four of these were sufficient to explain 57.9% of the variation in rust susceptibility. Through follow-up testing in recalcitrant biomass, we found that the bacterium Zymomonas mobilis does not suffer the same inhibition as the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, and that the addition of ergosterol (thought to be the fungal cellular target of saponin inhibition) rescues yeast fermentation. Several lines of evidence point to a central role for saponins as key metabolites protecting switchgrass from fungal pathogens and interfering with yeast fermentation, underscoring an ongoing need for collaboration between plant breeders and biofuel production scientists.
Keywords:
ANTIFUNGAL COMPOUNDS
ZYMOMONAS-MOBILIS
PRETREATMENT
METABOLITES
RESISTANCE
DIVERSITY
INFECTION
PRODUCTS
PLANTS
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