Botrytis species: Relentless necrotrophic thugs or endophytes gone rogue?

Molecular Plant Pathology

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 957-961

  van Kan, Jan A L ^a   Shaw, Michael W ^b   Grant Downton, Robert T ^c  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endophyte; Lifestyle; Necrotroph

Indexed keywords

BOTRYTIS; FUNGI; HEMEROCALLIS;

BOTRYTIS; ENDOPHYTE; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT DISEASE;

BOTRYTIS; ENDOPHYTES; PLANT DISEASES; PLANTS;

EID: 84922185994     PISSN: 14646722     EISSN: 13643703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mpp.12148     Document Type: Review

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