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Elevated genetic variation within virulence-associated Botrytis cinerea polygalacturonase loci.
Molecular plant-microbe interactions : MPMI - 1 Sept 2007
Rowe Heather C, Kliebenstein Daniel J
Abstract excerpt
Botrytis cinerea, or gray mold, is a necrotrophic fungal pathogen of hundreds of plant species. The genetic diversity of B. cinerea may contribute to its broad host range; however, the level and structure of genetic variation at pathogenesis-associated loci has not been described. B. cinerea possesses six distinct cell-wall-degrading polygalacturonases (PGs), enzymes of demonstrated importance to pathogenesis and...
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