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ArticleMolecular plant pathology2019

A novel Botrytis cinerea-specific gene BcHBF1 enhances virulence of the grey mould fungus via promoting host penetration and invasive hyphal development.

Yue Liu, Jiane-Kang Liu, Gui-Hua Li, Ming-Zhe Zhang, Ying-Ying Zhang, Yuan-Yuan Wang, Jie Hou, Song Yang, Jiao Sun, Qing-Ming Qin

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Yue LiuCollege of Plant Sciences, Key Laboratory of Zoonosis Research, Ministry of Education, Jilin University, Changchun, 130062, China.
Jiane-Kang LiuCollege of Plant Sciences, Key Laboratory of Zoonosis Research, Ministry of Education, Jilin University, Changchun, 130062, China.
Gui-Hua LiCollege of Plant Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun, 130062, China.
Ming-Zhe ZhangCollege of Plant Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun, 130062, China.
Ying-Ying ZhangCollege of Plant Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun, 130062, China.
Yuan-Yuan WangCollege of Plant Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun, 130062, China.
Jie HouCollege of Plant Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun, 130062, China.
Song YangCollege of Plant Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun, 130062, China.
Jiao SunCollege of Plant Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun, 130062, China.
Qing-Ming QinCollege of Plant Sciences, Key Laboratory of Zoonosis Research, Ministry of Education, Jilin University, Changchun, 130062, China.ORCID 0000-0002-1723-6867

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Botrytis cinerea is the causative agent of grey mould on over 1000 plant species and annually causes enormous economic losses worldwide. However, the fungal factors that mediate pathogenesis of the pathogen remain largely unknown. Here, we demonstrate that a novel B. cinerea-specific pathogenicity-associated factor BcHBF1 (hyphal branching-related factor 1), identified from virulence-attenuated mutant M8008 from a B. cinerea T-DNA insertion mutant library, plays an important role in hyphal branching, infection structure formation, sclerotial formation and full virulence of the pathogen. Deletion of BcHBF1 in B. cinerea did not impair radial growth of mycelia, conidiation, conidial germination, osmotic- and oxidative-stress adaptation, as well as cell wall integrity of the ∆Bchbf1 mutant strains. However, loss of BcHBF1 impaired the capability of hyphal branching, appressorium and infection cushion formation, appressorium host penetration and virulence of the pathogen. Moreover, disruption of BcHBF1 altered conidial morphology and dramatically impaired sclerotial formation of the mutant strains. Complementation of BcHBF1 completely rescued all the phenotypic defects of the ∆Bchbf1 mutants. During young hyphal branching, host penetration and early invasive growth of the pathogen, BcHBF1 expression was up-regulated, suggesting that BcHBF1 is required for these processes. Our findings provide novel insights into the fungal factor mediating pathogenesis of the grey mould fungus via regulation of its infection structure formation, host penetration and invasive hyphal branching and growth.

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Genes, FungalAdaptation, PhysiologicalBotrytisCell WallFungal ProteinsHost-Pathogen InteractionsHyphaeMorphogenesisOsmosisOxidative StressSpores, FungalVirulenceFungal ProteinsappressoriumBotrytis cinereahost penetrationhyphal branchinginfection cushionssclerotial formationvirulence

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