Abstract
AbstractOn the genesis and germination of the chlamydospores of Botrytis cinerea Pers.The chlamydospores of Botrytis cinerea are hyaline single cells of extremely variable form and size. They are formed under conditions unfavourable for growth as terminal or intercalary cells by transformation of vegetative mycelium parts and are liberated by hyphal disintegration.The chlamydospore genesis in vitro in aging malt agar cultures began about after one month. But the chlamydospore formation could also be initiated earlier by different conditions of culture.The chlamydospores germinated either with hypha or by microconidia — a herewith first described mode of germination. Intermediates of these both modes of chlamydospore germination could be regulated very differentiatedly by transferring the chlamydospores into malt solution (2%)and/or destilled water and by changing the duration of stay in the individual media. Under adverse external conditions no germination occurred.The three Botrytis cinerea‐isolates did not show any differences in habitus, genesis and germination of their chlamydospores.Also in vivo on outdoor‐ and greenhouse‐tomatoplants the occurrence of chlamydospores was no rarity. Since the chlamydospores are produced under very different adverse conditions of growth but cannot survive a period of drought lasting longer than three months without damage, they do not represent long‐termed resistant perennating structures, but temporary stages of the fungus for intervening periods.
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