We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Letter news every morning. I enjoyed Natalie Whittle’s article “The vine details” (Life & Arts, July 7). In it she refers to “the ...

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 ...

Botrytis cinerea (gray mold) is a problem on strawberries this year thanks to the rainy weather this spring. The fungus causes infected blossoms to turn brown and dry up. Infected fruit develops a ...

A cutting-edge study offers fresh insights into how roses defend themselves against the damaging fungus Botrytis cinerea, which causes severe losses in ornamental plants. Researchers uncovered how ...

Eden Research has received authorisation for the sale of its bio-fungicide, which protects against Botrytis Cinerea, in Australia, for use on wine and table grapes. The product, which is authorised ...

Given that the current weather forecast has cooler-than-normal temperatures and that most gardeners have planted flowers in the landscape, we may see botrytis cropping up in the next few days.

Previous studies have demonstrated the efficacy of calcium (Ca) spray applications derived from Ca chloride for reducing botrytis (Botrytis cinerea) infection severity on petunia (Petunia ×hybrida) ...

Roses do not have thorns; they have prickles. But there ARE “thorns” in the rose garden. Their names are botrytis, black spot, rust, downy mildew, anthracnose and cerospora leaf spot. They are all ...

This study is reported by Shiping Tian’s group from the Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Light represents a ubiquitous source of information that control many important physiological ...