Degradation of melanin or inhibition of its synthesis: are these a significant approach as a biological control of phytopathogenic fungi?
Keywords: Fungal melanin; Melanin granules; Copper binding; Phaeococcomyces; Black yeast; Phanerochaete chrysosporium; Magnaporthe grisea; Sclerotinia sclerotiorum; Microsphaeropsis ochracea; Venturia inequalis; Penicillium frequentans; Verticillium albo-atrum; Ust