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The MPDH mutant caused significantly less disease.
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e0“the MPDH mutant and a mutant in both enzymes caused significantly less disease”
Title
Mannitol biosynthesis is required for plant pathogenicity byAlternaria alternata
Heriberto Vélëz; Norman J. Glassbrook; Margaret E. Daub FEMS Microbiology Letters 2008. doi:10.1111/j.1574-6968.2008.01224.x
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- Observation All fungal mutants produced viable conidia that germinated normally.
- Observation Trehalose levels were elevated in the fungal mutants.
- Intervention effect The MtDH mutant did not reduce tobacco lesion severity versus wild type.
- Intervention effect The double mutant caused significantly less disease.
- Observation The double mutant still germinated and formed appressoria on tobacco leaves.
- Observation The double mutant elicited a host defense response.
- Mechanism The authors conclude mannitol biosynthesis is required for A. alternata pathogenesis on tobacco.
- Mechanism The authors conclude mannitol biosynthesis is not required for spore germination or initial infection.