Botrytis cinerea is one of the most destructive fungal pathogens affecting numerous plant
hosts, including many important crop species. As a molecularly under-studied organism, its …

Plant pathology has a long‐standing tradition of classifying microbes as pathogens,
endophytes or saprophytes. Lifestyles of pathogens are categorized as biotrophic …

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 …

Botrytis spp. are efficient pathogens, causing devastating diseases and significant crop
losses in a wide variety of plant species. Here we outline our review of these pathogens, as …

Botrytis cinerea causes pre-and postharvest decay of many fruit and vegetable crops. A
survey of German strawberry fields revealed Botrytis strains that differed from B. cinerea in …

The Botrytis cinerea species complex comprises two cryptic species, originally referred to
Group I and Group II based on Bc-hch gene RFLP haplotyping. Group I was described as a …

Botrytis is one of the oldest, most well studied, and most economically important fungal taxa.
Nonetheless, many species in this genus have remained obscured for nearly 300 years …

Botrytis species are generally considered to be aggressive, necrotrophic plant pathogens.
By contrast to this general perception, however, Botrytis species could frequently be isolated …

Background Fungi of the genus Botrytis (presently containing~ 35 species) are able to infect
more than 1400 different plant species and cause losses in a wide range of crops of …

The inhibitive effects of chitosan on gray mold caused by Botrytis cinerea on cherry tomato
fruit were evaluated. Decay incidence was tested on tomato stored at 22° C. Hydrogen …