Botrytis cinerea, a widespread plant pathogen with a necrotrophic lifestyle, causes gray
mold disease in many crops. Massive secretion of enzymes and toxins was long considered …

Sclerotinia sclerotiorum is a pathogenic fungus that infects hundreds of plant species,
including many of the world's most important crops. Key features of S. sclerotiorum include …

Adapted plant pathogens from various microbial kingdoms produce hundreds of unrelated
small secreted proteins (SSPs) with elusive roles. Here, we used AlphaFold-Multimer (AFM) …

Botrytis cinerea is a major plant pathogen infecting more than 1400 plant species. During
invasion, the fungus rapidly kills host cells, which is believed to be supported by induction of …

The apoplast is a continuous plant compartment that connects cells between tissues and
organs and is one of the first sites of interaction between plants and microbes. The plant cell …

Botrytis cinerea is one of the most destructive fungal pathogens affecting numerous plant
hosts, including many important crop species. As a molecularly under-studied organism, its …

CRISPR/Cas has become the state-of-the-art technology for genetic manipulation in diverse
organisms, enabling targeted genetic changes to be performed with unprecedented …

According to their lifestyle, plant pathogens are divided into biotrophic and necrotrophic
organisms. Biotrophic pathogens exclusively nourish living host cells, whereas necrotrophic …

Necrotrophic fungal pathogens cause considerable disease on numerous economically
important crops. Some of these pathogens are specialized to one or a few closely related …

Crh proteins catalyze crosslinking of chitin and glucan polymers in fungal cell walls. Here,
we show that the BcCrh1 protein from the phytopathogenic fungus Botrytis cinerea acts as a …