Analysis of plant cell death-inducing proteins of the necrotrophic fungal pathogens Botrytis squamosa and Botrytis elliptica

ABSTRACT: Fungal plant pathogens secrete proteins that manipulate the host in order to facilitate colonization. Necrotrophs have evolved specialized proteins that actively induce plant cell death by co-opting the programmed cell death machinery of the host. Besides the broad host range pathogen Botrytis cinerea, most other species within the genus Botrytis are restricted to a single host species or a group of closely related hosts. Here, we focused on Botrytis squamosa and B. elliptica, host specific pathogens of onion (Allium cepa) and lily (Lilium spp.), respectively. Despite their occurrence on different hosts, the two fungal species are each other’s closest relatives. Therefore, we hypothesize that they share a considerable number of proteins to induce cell death on their respective hosts. In th

SUBMITTER: Malvestiti M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9593002 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature