For hundreds of years, the fungus Botrytis cinerea has been key to making the world’s finest dessert wines. Now UC Davis researchers working with Dolce Winery in the Napa Valley show how the fungus ...

One of my favorite spring flowers for perennials is the peony. Peonies are a long-lived perennial that you should be able to enjoy for decades. A few years after Sharon and I got married; my parents ...

Botrytis blight is a significant issue during transportation of bedding plants to the retail environment, which may take up to 2 days. Based on previous work, several sources of calcium (Ca) have been ...

Botrytis is a fungus disease that infects the leaves, stems, fruit and flowers of a wide variety of vegetables, perennials and shrubs. Infected leaves and stems develop water-soaked spots that ...

A: Your description is perfect for Botrytis blight. It’s an opportunistic fungus that attacks the weakest part of the plant first. That’s why your flowers are affected and not the leaves.

Abstract. This research used red, green, blue and white lights to investigate their effects on the growth and development of Botrytis cinerea. Green light suppressed conidial germination and mycelial ...