Xenobiotic detoxification

Xenobiotic detoxification? Sometimes we need to get into the "weeds," even when we are talking about plant diseases. By "weeds" I am referring to the nitty-gritty biology of fungal plant pathogens. In a recent article by Sang et. al., the mechanism for multiple-fungicide resistance in the dollar spot pathogen was illuminated by revealing the role of xenobiotic detoxification.

Here is the trick that Sclerotinia homeocarpa uses to confuse researchers. Sang et.al. describe an already known mechanism that organisms use to…