| Botryotinia | |
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| Grey mould (B. cinerea) on tomato fruit | |
| Scientific Classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Phylum: | Ascomycota |
| Subphylum: | Pezizomycotina |
| Class: | Leotiomycetes |
| Order: | Helotiales |
| Family: | Sclerotiniceae |
| Genus: | Botryotinia |
Plant diseases caused by Botryotinia species appear primarily as blossom blights and fruit rots but also as leaf spots and bulb rots in the field and in stored products.
Important species[]
Important species of Botryotinia:
- B. allii
- B. cinerea
- Chocolate spot, grey mould and neck rot, damping off in seedlings and Petal blight in several plants, especially globe artichokes
- B. fabae
- B. squamosa
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