Growth and Sporulation of Botrytis Convoluta with Various Carbon and Nitrogen Sources

SUMMARY

Botrytis convoluta Whetzel & Drayton utilized the carbohydrates maltose, glucose, sucrose, starch, galactose, and fructose, in order from good to poor. Lactose and sorbose were very poor carbon sources. Nitrogen sources, from good to poor, were casein hydrolysate, L-asparagine, ammonium tartrate, ammonium sulfate, L-glutamine and potassium nitrate. Glycine and urea were very poor nitrogen sources. Sporulation was generally most profuse on the solid media which stimulated maximum growth. No sporulation occurred on media containing sorbose, glycine or urea or on media lacking a carbon or nitrogen source.