Combining Desirable Traits for a Good Biocontrol Strategy against Sclerotinia sclerotiorum

D Albert, T Dumonceaux, O Carisse, C Beaulieu… - Microorganisms, 2022 - mdpi.com
The fungal pathogen Sclerotinia sclerotiorum (Helotiales: Sclerotiniaceae) causes white
mold, a disease that leads to substantial losses on a wide variety of hosts throughout the …

Monitoring Mycoparasitism of Clonostachys rosea against Botrytis cinerea Using GFP

R Hasan, B Lv, MJ Uddin, Y Chen, L Fan, Z Sun, M Sun… - Journal of Fungi, 2022 - mdpi.com
Clonostachys rosea is an important mycoparasite, with great potential for controlling
numerous plant fungal diseases. Understanding the mechanisms and modes of action will …

[HTML][HTML] Expression of a mycoparasite protease in plant petals suppresses the petal-mediated infection by necrotrophic pathogens

Y Wang, H Yu, Y Xu, M Wu, J Zhang, K Tsuda, S Liu… - Cell Reports, 2023 - cell.com
Sclerotinia sclerotiorum and Botrytis cinerea are necrotrophic plant-pathogenic fungi,
causing substantial economic losses on many crops. So far, resistant cultivars against these …

A HOPS protein, CmVps39, is required for vacuolar morphology, autophagy, growth, conidiogenesis and mycoparasitic functions of Coniothyrium minitans

X Yang, H Cui, J Cheng, J Xie, D Jiang… - Environmental …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Coniothyrium minitans is an important sclerotial and hyphal parasite of the plant pathogen
Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. Previously, a conidiation‐deficient mutant, ZS‐1N22225, was …

Green fluorescent protein transformation sheds more light on a widespread mycoparasitic interaction

MZ Németh, A Pintye, ÁN Horváth, P Vági… - …, 2019 - Am Phytopath Society
Powdery mildews, ubiquitous obligate biotrophic plant pathogens, are often attacked in the
field by mycoparasitic fungi belonging to the genus Ampelomyces. Some Ampelomyces …

The NDT80‐like transcription factor CmNdt80a affects the conidial formation and germination, mycoparasitism, and cell wall integrity of Coniothyrium minitans

X Yang, X Huang, L Zhang, L Du… - Journal of Applied …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Aims NDT80, a known transcriptional factor, regulates various targets, including regulation
of meiosis, stress responses, filamentous growth, sexual development, biofilm formation …

Phosphoribosylamidotransferase, the first enzyme for purine de novo synthesis, is required for conidiation in the sclerotial mycoparasite Coniothyrium minitans

L Qin, X Gong, J Xie, D Jiang, J Cheng, G Li… - Fungal Genetics and …, 2011 - Elsevier
Coniothyrium minitans is an important sclerotial parasite of the fungal phytopathogen,
Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. Previously, we constructed a T-DNA insertional library, and …

Internalization of a sunflower mannose-binding lectin into phytopathogenic fungal cells induces cytotoxicity

M Del Rio, L de la Canal, M Pinedo… - Journal of plant …, 2018 - Elsevier
Lectins are carbohydrate-affinity proteins with the ability to recognize and reversibly bind
specific glycoconjugates. We have previously isolated a bioactive sunflower mannose …

CmPEX6, a Gene Involved in Peroxisome Biogenesis, Is Essential for Parasitism and Conidiation by the Sclerotial Parasite Coniothyrium minitans

W Wei, W Zhu, J Cheng, J Xie, B Li… - Applied and …, 2013 - Am Soc Microbiol
Coniothyrium minitans is a sclerotial parasite of the plant-pathogenic fungus Sclerotinia
sclerotiorum, and conidial production and parasitism are two important aspects for …

Hyperparasitic fungi—definitions, diversity, ecology, and research

MA Bermúdez-Cova, D Haelewaters… - Authorea …, 2023 - essopenarchive.org
Even parasites have parasites. By definition, a hyperparasite is an organism capable of
parasitizing another parasite. Hyperparasitism caused by fungi is a common phenomenon in …