This cluster of naturally white-skinned grapes shows initial symptoms of "noble rot" infection, as the white grape berries turn pink. For hundreds of years, the fungus Botrytis cinerea has been key to ...

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, where ...

CORVALLIS — Although it’s common to find strawberries in the garden that have turned brown, soft or fuzzy with gray mold, proper watering and yearly renovation can help stem the problem. Strawberries ...

If you like dessert wines, 2006 is shaping up as an amazing year in California, thanks to a bumper crop of botrytis fungus that is currently foremost in many winemakers' minds. Botrytis is called ...

Global Access Diagnostics (GADx), a social enterprise and leading developer of lateral flow and rapid diagnostic technologies, today announced it has expanded the applications of its low-cost, rapid ...

Vineyards grown in sub-tropical areas are subject to bitter rot and ripe rot which can reduce yields and affect quality of the wine. These fruit rots are mainly seen in areas that experience warm ...

Strawberries — a favorite of almost everyone — are relatively easy to grow and hardy throughout Iowa and Illinois. Strawberry plants require full sun, well-drained soils and good management to produce ...