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Identification and characterization of Cercospora beticola necrosis-inducing effector CbNip1.
Molecular plant pathology - 1 Mar 2021
Ebert Malaika K, Rangel Lorena I, Spanner Rebecca E, Taliadoros Demetris, Wang Xiaoyun, Friesen Timothy L, de Jonge Ronnie, Neubauer Jonathan D, Secor Gary A, Thomma Bart P H J, Stukenbrock Eva H, Bolton Melvin D
Abstract excerpt
Cercospora beticola is a hemibiotrophic fungus that causes cercospora leaf spot disease of sugar beet (Beta vulgaris). After an initial symptomless biotrophic phase of colonization, necrotic lesions appear on host leaves as the fungus switches to a necrotrophic lifestyle. The phytotoxic secondary metabolite cercosporin has been shown to facilitate fungal virulence for several Cercospora spp. However, because...
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