Table 1.

List of potential genes regulating growth, development, and virulence of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum.

Gene Name	Annotation	Gene Functions	Reference
Sspac1	pH-responsive transcription factor-encoding gene	Radial growth, sclerotial development (having the melanized rind layer), and virulence	[25]
Sscna1	Catalytic subunit calcineurin-encoding gene	Virulence	[81]
PP2B	Type 2B phosphatase	Maturation of sclerotium	[81]
Ssnox1	NADPH oxidase	Sclerotial formation	[82]
SsITL	Integrin-like protein	Virulence, hyphal polarity, and sclerotial formation	[64]
Sssod1	Cu/Zn-superoxide dismutase	Hyphal growth, sclerotial formation, virulence, oxidative stress tolerance, host ROS repression, and fungicide resistance	[83]
SsMADS	MADS-box transcription factor	Aerial growth, sclerotial development, and virulence	[84]
Scat1	Type A catalase	Radial growth, larger and melanized sclerotia, and osmotic stress tolerance	[73]
Shk1	Histidine kinase	Radial growth, sclerotial formation, oxidative stresses, and glycerol accumulation	[85]
SsCVNH	Cysteine-rich, small secreted protein with a carbohydrate-binding module	Normal mycelial growth and sclerotial formation	[86]
Ssoah1	Oxaloacetate acetylhydrolase	Radial growth, compound appressorium formation, sclerotial development, and pathogenesis	[31]
Ssodc1	Oxalate decarboxylase	Vegetative hyphae, apothecia, early phases of compound appressorium formation, and during plant colonization	[87]
Ssodc2	Oxalate decarboxylase	Middle-to-late phases of compound appressorium formation	[87]
Ss-Bi1	BAX inhibitor-1	Full virulence	[71]
Ss-sop1	Microbial opsin homolog gene	Radial growth, sclerotial formation, tolerance to salt, and osmotic and cell wall stresses	[68]
Ss-Xyl1	Endo-β-1, 4-xylanase	Normal colony morphology, radial growth, apothecia producing fertile sclerotial formation, and pathogenicity	[59]
Ss-SSVP1	Small secreted virulence-related protein	Slightly necessary for radial growth	[67]
rhs1	Rearrangement hotspot repeat-containing protein	Hyphal growth, sclerotial development, and virulence	[89]
SCD1	Scytalone dehydratase	Vegetative growth and sclerotial development	[26]
THR1	Trihydroxynaphthalene reductase	Vegetative growth and sclerotial development	[26]
Ss-ams2	A protein predicted to contain GATA-box domain	Radial growth, appressorium formation, pathogenicity, and chromosome segregation	[91]
Ss-sfh1	GATA transcription factor with an SNF5 domain	Radial growth, ROS accumulation, and virulence	[92]
Ss-Ste12	Ste12 transcription factor	Mycelial growth, sclerotial development, appressorium formation, and penetration-dependent pathogenicity.	[37]
Ss-svf1	Survival factor 1 homologue	Appressorium formation and virulence	[93]
Ss-rhs1	Rhs repeat-containing protein	Sclerotial development and hyphal infection	[94]
Ss-Fkh1	Forkhead transcription factor	Hyphal growth, sclerotial formation, and tolerance to oxidative and osmotic stresses	[88,96]
Ss-AGM1	N-acetylglucosamine-phosphate mutase	Chitin production, cell wall integrity of mycelia, infection cushions, sclerotial formation, and virulence	[95]