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Microbiology
Gabriel Perez-Lara, Tomas C. Moyano, Andrea Vega, Luis F. Larrondo, Ruben Polanco, Jose M. Alvarez, Daniel Aguayo, Paulo Canessa
Summary: To comprehensively analyze gene expression in the phytopathogenic fungus Botrytis cinerea, a web-based gene expression browser called BEB was developed. This computationally inexpensive application provides publication-ready heatmaps of transcript levels and allows gene expression clustering and visualization options, along with the ability to download gene expression values for further exploration. The implementation of BEB is transferable to other organisms and allows for comparative transcriptomics and candidate gene identification.
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Chao Ding, Junzhao Gao, Shiya Zhang, Ning Jiang, Dongtao Su, Xinzheng Huang, Zhao Zhang
Summary: This study conducted a comprehensive analysis of the bHLH gene family in roses, revealing their characteristics in terms of gene structure, expression, and function, and identified potential genes associated with resistance to B. cinerea infection.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
(2023)
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Plant Sciences
Can Zhang, Muhammad Imran, Lu Xiao, Zhihong Hu, Guixiang Li, Fan Zhang, Xili Liu
Summary: The study revealed that Botrytis cinerea exhibited resistance to difenoconazole, with a slight increase in resistance levels between 2011 and 2016. Positive cross-resistance was only observed between difenoconazole and two DMIs, and isolates gradually shifted from single to multiple fungicide resistance over time.
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Forestry
Jun Sun, Yue Zhang, Zeyang Zheng, Jiachen Hao, Lijing Chen
Summary: Botrytis cinerea is a pathogenic fungus that causes necrosis in plants and is highly destructive to hazelnuts. The plant's defense mechanism against this fungus involves complex changes at molecular, biochemical, and physiological levels. A comparative transcriptome profiling study revealed moderate changes in the defense strategies of resistant and susceptible hazelnut varieties after three days of B. cinerea infection. The study identified differentially expressed disease-resistant genes in the resistant variety, suggesting their crucial role in inducing innate resistance.
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Microbiology
Na Liu, Shanyue Zhou, Baohua Li, Weichao Ren
Summary: In this study, the biological function of the autophagy-related protein Atg6 in B. cinerea was identified and characterized. Targeted deletion of the BcATG6 gene resulted in blockage of autophagy and various phenotypic defects, which were restored by targeted gene complementation. These results suggest that BcAtg6 plays important roles in regulating various cellular processes in B. cinerea.
FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY
(2021)
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Plant Sciences
Moira Giovannoni, Damiano Lironi, Lucia Marti, Chiara Paparella, Valeria Vecchi, Andrea A. Gust, Giulia De Lorenzo, Thorsten Nurnberger, Simone Ferrari
Summary: In Arabidopsis thaliana, the proteins CERK1, LYK2, and LYK5 are necessary for chitin-induced resistance to the pathogen B. cinerea, with LYK2 contributing to callose deposition but not essential for chitin perception. LYK2 is also required for enhanced resistance to other pathogens induced by flagellin and for priming of defense gene expression during fungal infection, ensuring robust resistance to subsequent pathogen infections.
PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
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Plant Sciences
Andre B. Gama, Leandro G. Cordova, Juliana S. Baggio, James C. Mertely, Natalia A. Peres
Summary: Applications of captan can effectively control Botrytis fruit rot and anthracnose fruit rot, and improve marketable yields of strawberries, but have lower efficacy in reducing disease incidence and culls. The investment returns will depend on strawberry market prices.
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Plant Sciences
Le Chen, Baixin Sun, Yang Zhao, Peng Xiang, Zeyan Miao
Summary: Botrytis cinerea is a common phytopathogen that causes significant losses in plant cultivation worldwide. The study found that the phenylpyrrole fungicide fludioxonil has high activity against B. cinerea, but resistant isolates have been found in tomato greenhouses. The resistant isolates showed reduced fitness, including sporulation, pathogenicity, mycelial growth, and hypersensitivity to osmotic stress.
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Agronomy
Amjad Hatem, Vera Yaderets, Nataliya Karpova, Elena Glagoleva, Alexander Ovchinnikov, Kseniya Petrova, Alexandra Shibaeva, Vakhtang Dzhavakhiya
Summary: This study evaluated the antifungal activity of a dry biomass of P. chrysogenum VKM F-4876D (DMP) against B. cinerea isolated from grape samples. The results showed that the combination of DMP with tebuconazole, difenoconazole, or fludioxonil effectively inhibited pathogen growth after 7 days of incubation, with the DMP and difenoconazole combination being the most efficient under in vitro conditions.
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Plant Sciences
Eytham Souibgui, Christophe Bruel, Mathias Choquer, Amelie de Vallee, Cindy Dieryckx, Jean William Dupuy, Marie-Pascale Latorse, Christine Rascle, Nathalie Poussereau
Summary: Fungi, the most prevalent plant pathogens, secrete effectors to infect hosts. The study demonstrates the essential role of clathrin heavy chain in the pathogenicity of Botrytis cinerea and its impact on protein secretion.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2021)
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Food Science & Technology
Boen Lanhuang, Qiya Yang, Esa Abiso Godana, Hongyin Zhang
Summary: Wickerhamomyces anomalus yeast is the most effective antagonist for controlling gray mold in tomatoes, with the ability to inhibit the pathogen Botrytis cinerea through multiple mechanisms. High concentration of W. anomalus yeast significantly reduces the incidence and lesion diameter of gray mold, and it can stably multiply in tomatoes to control pathogen infection. In addition, W. anomalus can activate tomato's defense mechanism and enhance its resistance to diseases.
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Genetics & Heredity
Sizhen Jia, Yuanhua Wang, Geng Zhang, Zhiming Yan, Qingsheng Cai
Summary: This study revealed the crucial role of FaWRKY25 in regulating strawberry fruits' resistance against Botrytis cinerea. Overexpression of FaWRKY25 decreased fruit resistance, while silencing increased resistance, and the expression level of FaWRKY25 affected genes related to JA biosynthesis and metabolism, as well as defense genes.
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Microbiology
Adam Istvan Hegyi, Margot Otto, Jozsef Geml, Julia Hegyi-Kalo, Jozsef Kun, Attila Gyenesei, Rian Pierneef, Kalman Zoltan Vaczy
Summary: This study analyzed the gene expression data during the noble rot process in grapes, revealing the important genes for grape berry structural integrity and the dominant role of Botrytis cinerea in this process.
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Yin-Fang Yan, Tian-Lin Wu, Sha-Sha Du, Zheng-Rong Wu, Yong-Mei Hu, Zhi-Jun Zhang, Wen-Bin Zhao, Cheng-Jie Yang, Ying-Qian Liu
Summary: This study evaluated the antifungal activity of Humulus lupulus ethanolic extract and isoxanthohumol against fungi, revealing that isoxanthohumol exhibited significant antifungal activity against Botrytis cinerea by disrupting metabolic processes.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
(2021)
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Plant Sciences
Lin Zhu, Nana Qian, Yujun Sun, Xiaoming Lu, Haiming Duan, Lisheng Qian
Summary: Plants can interact with beneficial rhizobacteria to enhance defense responses against foliar pathogen infection. The study identified the pivotal role of thermospermine (TSpm) catabolism in regulating the defense states of cucumber plants primed by rhizobacteria, by increasing leaf TSpm levels to enhance resistance against Botrytis cinerea.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2021)
