Claim · #6495255
Botrytis cinerea · pathogen pressure · Gerbera jamesonii
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Cutinase A of Botrytis cinerea is expressed... during penetration of gerbera and tomato”
- Authors
- Dean R., van Kan J.A.L., Pretorius Z.A., Hammond-Kosack K.E., Di Pietro A., Spanu P.D., Rudd J.J., Dickman M., Kahmann R., Ellis J., Foster G.D.
- Year
- 2012
- Publication
- Molecular Plant Pathology
- Page
- 429
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“B. cinerea infects gerbera petals/leaves as a known ornamental pathogen; cutinase A penetration biology consistent with necrotroph cuticle-breach mechanism.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Gerbera is an established Botrytis host; cutinase A expression-but-not-essential during penetration is consistent with van Kan and ten Have/van Kan literature.”
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