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Morphogenesis and Infection in Botrytis cinerea

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Part of the book series: Topics in Current Genetics ((TCG,volume 22))

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Botrytis cinerea, the gray mold fungus, is a ubiquitous pathogen of high economic importance. Hence, its development and infection cycle have been well characterized over the years. Modern approaches using molecular methods and “omics” data now have opened new and fascinating perspectives on the molecular mechanisms involved in morphogenesis and development, and their relationship to the highly efficient pathogenic strategies used by this pathogen. This chapter focuses on recent data obtained by analyzing signaling cascades which influence morphogenesis and virulence, highlighting the plethora of open questions that still remain. The light-dependent regulation of development is discussed as a particular example of a highly interesting area of research in which the broad classical analyses are not yet substantiated by molecular investigations.

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Abbreviations

ROS:

Reactive oxygen species

CWDE:

Cell wall degrading enzyme

MAPK:

Mitogen-activated protein kinase

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We are grateful to Brian Williamson for critical reading of the manuscript. Experimental work performed in our lab was funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG).

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Schumacher, J., Tudzynski, P. (2012). Morphogenesis and Infection in Botrytis cinerea . In: Pérez-Martín, J., Di Pietro, A. (eds) Morphogenesis and Pathogenicity in Fungi. Topics in Current Genetics, vol 22. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-22916-9_11

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