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#XL - R Botany
Necrotrophs are Opportunistic, unspecialised (‘non-obligate’) pathogens and Host cells killed rapidly
Entry unspecialised via wounds or natural openings
Secrete copious cell-wall-degrading (lytic) enzymes and toxins
Appressoria/haustoria not normally produced
Wide host range
Easy to culture axenically
Survive as competitive saprotrophs
Controlled by jasmonate- and ethylene-dependent host-defence pathways
