Botrytis allii | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Leotiomycetes |
Order: | Helotiales |
Family: | Sclerotiniaceae |
Genus: | Botrytis |
Species: | B. allii
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Binomial name | |
Botrytis allii Munn (1917)
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Botrytis allii is a plant pathogen, a fungus that causes neck rot in stored onions (Allium cepa) and related crops. Its teleomorph is unknown, but other species of Botrytis are anamorphs of Botryotinia species.[2][3] The species was first described scientifically by Mancel Thornton Munn in 1917.[4]