Botrytis allii

Botrytis allii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Leotiomycetes
Order: Helotiales
Family: Sclerotiniaceae
Genus: Botrytis
Species:
B. allii
Binomial name
Botrytis allii
Munn (1917)
Synonyms[1]
Advanced infection and colonization of onion bulb tissue by the Botrytis fungus, note brown to gray discoloration of onion tissue, and formation of black sclerotial bodies between onion scale

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]

  1. ^ Fresenius, G. (1850). Beiträge zur Mykologie (in German). Frankfurt, Germany: Heinrich Ludwig Brömmer Verlag. p. 16.
  2. ^ "Botrytis allii Munn". Index Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2013-03-30.
  3. ^ Chilvers, M. I.; du Toit, L. J. (2006). "Detection and Identification of Botrytis Species Associated with Neck Rot, Scape Blight, and Umbel Blight of Onion" (PDF). Plant Health Progress. 7: 38. doi:10.1094/PHP-2006-1127-01-DG. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2013-03-31.
  4. ^ "Botrytis allii Munn: 396, 1917". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2013-03-31.