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Calcium channel blockers, verapamil, nitrendipin and nifedipin, and cyclosporin A inhibited growth of colonies ofBotrytis cinerea in a concentration-dependent manner and simultaneously induced morphological changes of its hyphal tips. Exogenous calcium at the concentration of 100 mmol/L decreased the growth-inhibitory effects of channel blockers and cyclosporin A; however, at the concentration of 500 mmol/L Ca2+ their inhibitory effects were increased. At the latter concentration, calcium partly reversed the morphogenic effects of the blockers but not of cyclosporin A.
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Hudecová, D., Varečka, L., Vollek, V. et al. Growth and morphogenesis ofBotrytis cinerea. Effects of exogenous calcium ions, calcium channel blockers and cyclosporin A. Folia Microbiol 39, 269–275 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02814311
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