Botrytis is regarded as the most important post-harvest fungal pathogen that causes
significant losses in fresh fruits, vegetables and ornamentals. Its ability to attack a wide …

Some leading characteristics and historical notes on Botrytis spp. are described here.
Botrytis spp. infect many host plants in all climate areas of the world, infecting mainly upper …

Grey mould and chocolate spot, caused by Botrytis cinerea and Botrytis fabae respectively,
are serious diseases of pulse crops worldwide. The severity of epidemics is dependent upon …

Botrytis cinerea is an ubiquitous pathogen which causes severe losses in many fruit,
vegetable and ornamental crops. The pathogen infects leaves, stems, flowers and fruits. The …

Substantial economic crop losses occur worldwide in tree fruits, nut crops, vines and small
fruits as a result of infection by Botrytis cinerea. Fungicide-based management, once an …

Gray mold, incited by Botrytis cinerea, causes major postharvest losses in a wide range of
crops. Some infections that occur in the field remain quiescent during the growing season …

Botrytis cinerea is a ubiquitous filamentous fungal pathogen of a wide range of plant
species. The fungus is able to infect all aerial parts of its host plants to a certain extent …

Abstract Botrytis cinerea Persoon: Fries (known as “grey mould fungus”) causes serious
preand post-harvest diseases in at least 235 plant species (Jarvis, 1977), including a range …

Biocontrol of Botrytis-incited diseases has been extensively investigated over the last 50
years. This chapter reviews the literature on microbial control of Botrytis species with a …

For the epidemiologist, latency is the period from infection until the infected tissue becomes
infectious,“spore-to-spore”(Vanderplank, 1963), but it generally has come to mean a period …