necrotrophyn.

1944 Rev. Appl. Mycol. 23 139 The sense attached to ‘disposition’, ‘masking’, ‘perthotrophy’, ‘necrotrophy’..is amplified or modified.

1974 New Phytologist 73 1280 Consideration is given to the development of necrotrophy and biotrophy from saprotrophy with special emphasis on the physiological adjustments that are entailed.

1991 Evolutionary Ecol. 5 385 Intimate physical associations (biotrophy) are more specific than less intimate ones (necrotrophy).

1994 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 91 11843 The fossil record does indicate that in some instances host cells invaded by some mycoparasites were not immediately killed (necrotrophy).