Plants cannot move to escape environmental challenges. Biotic stresses result from a
battery of potential pathogens: fungi, bacteria, nematodes and insects intercept the …

Sclerotinia stem rot (SSR) caused by the phytopathogenic fungus Sclerotinia sclerotiorum is
a major disease of oilseed rape (Brassica napus). During infection, large, white/grey lesions …

SUMMARY Sclerotinia sclerotiorum (Lib.) de Bary is a necrotrophic fungal pathogen causing
disease in a wide range of plants. This review summarizes current knowledge of …

The fungus Sclerotinia has always been a fancy and interesting subject of research both for
the mycologists and pathologists. More than 250 species of the fungus have been reported …

Key message New advances in crop genetic engineering can significantly pace up the
development of genetically improved varieties with enhanced yield, nutrition and tolerance …

Oxalic acid is a virulence factor of several phytopathogenic fungi, including Sclerotinia
sclerotiorum (Lib.) de Bary, but the detailed mechanisms by which oxalic acid affects host …

Though an essential trace element, manganese is generally accorded little importance in
biology other than as a cofactor for some free radical detoxifying enzymes and in the …

Characterized by strong acidity, chelating ability, and reducing ability, oxalic acid, a low
molecular weight dicarboxylic organic acid, plays important roles in the regulation of plant …

Recent applications of techniques in plant molecular biology and biotechnology to the study
of host–pathogen interactions have resulted in the identification and cloning of numerous …

Sclerotinia sclerotiorum causes severe yield and economic losses for many crop and
vegetable species, especially Brassica napus. To date, no immune B. napus germplasm has …