A recommendation of: Adeline Simon, Alex Mercier, Pierre Gladieux, Benoit Poinssot, Anne-Sophie Walker, Muriel Viaud Botrytis cinerea strains infecting grapevine and tomato display contrasted repertoires of accessory chromosomes, transposons small RNAs https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.03.07.483234

Three new metabolites, gamma-abscisolactone (1), botrytisic acids A (3) and B (4) were isolated from the fermentation broth of Botrytis cinerea TB-3-H8. Their structures were elucidated on the basis of MS, IR, UV, and NMR spectroscopic data. Compound 2 was isolated from natural resource for the first time. The structure of 1 was further confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction (CCDC-265897).

Endophytic fungi live in inter-cellular spaces of healthy plant tissues without causing any apparent symptoms diseases for the host plant. Some fungal endophytes help their hosts to survive under biotic and abiotic stresses. In this study, we collected mango leaves at Honghe plantations (Yunnan Province) winter. A total 34 different endophytic strains were isolated, phylogenetic placements esti...

Grey mould is one of the major diseases in strawberry cultivation. Fungicides to control Botrytis cinerea are applied frequently during flowering and sometimes at harvest. Reduction of pesticide use is one of the major aims of the Dutch government. Implementation of a Decision Support System (DSS) helps to achieve this goal. Pin point timing of fungicide application can possibly improve the eff...

Genetic variation was found between isolates of Botrytis elliptica from the USA and Taiwan based on 22 polymorphic markers from five RAPD primers. Among these 69 isolates, there were 43 different genotypes. One clonal genotype was found spanning Oregon and Washington, USA, and in a population from Hsinshe, Taiwan, clonal genotypes were frequent, demonstrating the importance of asexual spread of...