Functional Analysis of the Cytochrome P450 Monooxygenase Gene bcbot1 of Botrytis cinerea Indicates That Botrydial Is a Strain-Specific Virulence Factor

The micrographic phytopathogen Botrytis cinerea causes gray mold diseases in a large number of dicotyledonous crop plants and ornamentals. Colonization of host tissue is accompanied by rapid killing of plant cells ahead of the growing hyphen, probably caused by secretion of nonspecific phytotoxins,...

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Main Authors: Verena Siewers, Muriel Viaud, Daniel Jimenez-Teja, Isidro G. Collado, Christian Schulze Gronover, Jean-Marc Pradier, Bettina Tudzynsk, Paul Tudzynski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The American Phytopathological Society 2005-06-01
Series:Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions
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Online Access:https://apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/MPMI-18-0602