IN recent years, losses in glasshouse tomato crops caused by Botrytis cinerea Pers. have become serious in New Zealand. This is particularly true of crops treated with fruit-setting hormones ...

Strawberries can suffer from a disease called gray mold, also known as Botrytis fruit rot. The berries start showing symptoms when they flower. The petals and flowering stems turn brown and the ...

It is also known as Botrytis fruit rot. This fungal disease thrives in humid conditions and poor air circulation. It often affects berries touching the soil or other infected ones.

Botrytis fungus usually enters grapes through broken skin. In some white wine grapes, the infection can create delicious dessert wines, but for red wine grapes, it's nothing but rot. Chronicle ...

However, cultural practices are the best way to control Botrytis fruit rot in home gardens. Q: There are small, black, yellow-spotted beetles feeding on my strawberries. What should I do?

Other diseases include anthracnose, botrytis fruit rot, cane blight, crown gall, powdery mildew, rust and septoria leaf spot.

In South Carolina, strawberries are a small specialty crop totaling about 700 acres. Botrytis fruit rot is a widespread fruit disease. Affected fruit becomes light brown.

The thunderstorm brought 0.23 inches of rain to Santa Rosa over about two hours, according to the National Weather Service, sending growers out in the aftermath to take action against mold that ...

outcompetes Botrytis for nutrients without damaging the plant or fruit. When sprayed on flowers and young grapes, the fungus stops Botrytis ...

In field trials, the company’s first biofungicide EVOCA™ effectively inhibited the growth of Botrytis fruit rot and powdery mildew as part of a spray rotation program – performing as a true ...

Discover the fascinating world of 'noble rot' in wine-making and the unique chromosome distribution in Botrytis and ...