Phylogenetic species recognition and species concepts in fungi. Fungal Genetics and
Biology 31, 000–000. The operational species concept, ie, the one used to recognize …

Field strains of Botrytis cinerea Pers ex Fr, the causal agent of grey mould diseases, were
collected from French vineyards between 1993 and 2000. Several phenotypes have been …

SUMMARY Introduction: Botrytis cinerea (teleomorph: Botryotinia fuckeliana) is an airborne
plant pathogen with a necrotrophic lifestyle attacking over 200 crop hosts worldwide …

Many fungi are pathogenic on plants and cause significant damage in agriculture and
forestry. They are also part of the natural ecosystem and may play a role in regulating plant …

The cosmopolitan genus Botrytis contains 22 recognized species and one hybrid. The
current classification is largely based on morphological characters and, to a minor extent, on …

▪ Abstract Phylogenetic and population genetic methods that compare nucleic acid variation
are being used to identify species and populations of pathogenic fungi and determine how …

Variability in the way organisms reproduce raises numerous, and still unsolved, questions in
evolutionary biology. In this study, we emphasize that fungi deserve a much greater …

Emerging diseases represent a growing worldwide problem accompanying global
environmental changes. There is tremendous interest in identifying the factors controlling the …

The gray mold fungus Botrytis cinerea is a major threat to fruit and vegetable production.
Strawberry fields usually receive several fungicide treatments against Botrytis per season …

Fungi are ideal model organisms for dissecting the genomic bases of adaptive divergence in
eukaryotes. They have simple morphologies and small genomes, occupy contrasting, well …