Simultaneous quantification of phytohormones in fermentation extracts of Botryodiplodia theobromae by liquid chromatography-electrospray tandem mass spectrometry.

Fermentation broth and biomass from three strains of Botryodiplodia theobromae were characterized by high performance liquid chromatography-electrospray tandem mass spectrometry (HPLC-ESI-MS/MS) method, in order to quantify different phytohormones and to identify amino acid conjugates of jasmonic acid (JA) present in fermentation broths. A liquid-liquid extraction with ethyl acetate was used as sample preparation. The separation was carried out on a C18 reversed-phase HPLC column followed by analysis via ESI-MS/MS.