Open AccessBotrytis cinerea : the cause of grey mould disease
Author(s) -
WILLIAMSON BRIAN,
TUDZYNSKI BETTINA,
TUDZYNSKI PAUL,
VAN KAN JAN A. L.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
molecular plant pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.945
H-Index - 103
eISSN - 1364-3703
pISSN - 1464-6722
DOI - 10.1111/j.1364-3703.2007.00417.x
Subject(s) - botrytis cinerea , biology , botrytis , fungicide , botany , plant disease , plant disease resistance , microbiology and biotechnology , genetics , gene
Botrytis cinerea (teleomorph: Botryotinia fuckeliana) is an airborne plant pathogen with a necrotrophic lifestyle attacking over 200 crop hosts worldwide. Although there are fungicides for its control, many classes of fungicides have failed due to its genetic plasticity. It has become an important model for molecular study of necrotrophic fungi.