Biodiversity Group 4- - Botrytis cinerea

Botrytis Cinerea

Makayla Donahue

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Fungus order: Helotiales

Phylum: Sac fungi Family: Sclerotiniaceae

subphylum: pezizomycotina Genus: Botryotinia

class:Leotiomycetes Species: B. Cinerea

Botrytis Cinera is an eukaryote as well as apart of the fungus kingdom. This fungus is particulary known for attacking the host of strawberry and grape plants. It is also well known as the "grey mould" and kills many of plants a year.

Background

> Botrytis Cinerea is considered to be an eukaryote

> discovered in 1771 by von haller in switzerland

> It is a fungus that is similar to mold

> mainly known for attacking plant species

> its preferred conditions are hot and humid climate

Like most other molds and fungi, botrytis cinerea prefers a hot humid climate to thrive. This becomes a problem in many places where crops are grown. It is very common for this fungus to be found in strawberry patches as the mass anount of water allows it to transfer from plant to plant.

This ubiquitous fungus can first develope ff of anything sitting in a cold wet climate for a prolonged amount of time.

Facts and Information

> one of the most destructive species of fungi

> affects thousands of plants a year

> famers have to deal with this fungi attacking their crops

> the affected plant must be destroyed in order to not transfer to another plant

The Experiment

> Researchers conducted an experiment with botrytis cinerea to see how it affects plants. they tested which climate it thrives in along with which part of the plant is affected.

>The leaves of plants are far more affected than the stems

>This graph shows how fast the plant leaves become affected

> This fungus can be deadly to many plants unless treated with specific chemicals

> It is easily transfered through water and wind

Pictured below is a graph displaying the rise in the number of plants affected with botrytis cinerea.

The data on this graph shows that the fungus botrytis cinerea will thrive on plants in early sping months and continute to rise.

The temperature increase plays s big role in the fungus survival.

Citations

Boddy, Lynne, Pearson, Micheal, and Bailey, Andrew. 2016. "Botrytis Cinerea" - an overview.ScienceDirectTopics. January 30. 2023.

Espiritu, K. 2022. Botrytis cinerea: How to prevent and control it. Epic Grdening