Characterization of Botrytis by gas—liquid chromatography

✍ Scribed by A.C. Thomas; J.M. Kotzé; F.N. Matthee

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1987
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 436 KB
• Volume: 403
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1873-3778
• DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9673(00)96366-0

✦ Synopsis

In recent years sophisticated techniques have been utilized for the rapid characterization of micro-organisms. Gas-liquid chromatography (GLC)la4, pyrolysis GLCsF7 and electrophoresis 8-1P have been applied in a search for more rapid and specific methods for identification purposes. With the increased sophistication and application of analytical techniques such as GLC, analytical information tends to proliferate to such an extent that interpretation of the data becomes extremely difficult and in many instances impossible l l. The aid of a computer is therefore essential in the procesing of results obtained by these methods.

The purpose of this study was to determine whether it is possible to distinguish between different Botrytis spp. according to their cellular fatty acid composition as determined by GLC, and whether the different Botrytis isolates from different host plants from south African vineyards belong to the B. cinerea group. EXPERIMENTAL