Disease on crop
fungalGray Mold (Botrytis) on elderberry
Botrytis cinerea
Ubiquitous fungal disease that causes fruit rot during cool wet weather, often the dominant berry disease in humid regions.
- Disease
- Gray Mold (Botrytis)
- Pathogen type
- Fungal
- Crop
- Elderberry
- Scientific name
- Botrytis cinerea
Gray Mold (Botrytis) on elderberry
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Symptoms on elderberry
- ▸ Tan to gray fuzzy growth on ripening fruit
- ▸ Soft watery fruit collapse
- ▸ Spread from infected fruit to adjacent berries
IPM controls
- ✓ Wide spacing and trellising for airflow
- ✓ Fungicide at bloom and pre-harvest in high-pressure years
- ✓ Prompt removal of infected fruit
- ✓ Avoid overhead irrigation
- ✓ Harvest at first ripeness
Other crops affected by gray mold (botrytis)
June-Bearing Strawberry Everbearing Strawberry Red Raspberry Black Raspberry Yellow Raspberry Blackberry Highbush Blueberry Lowbush Blueberry Rabbiteye Blueberry Red Currant Black Currant White Currant Gooseberry Aronia (Black Chokeberry) Honeyberry (Haskap) Lingonberry Goji Berry Cranberry Saskatoon (Serviceberry)
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