HPIPM:Post Harvest Decay

Author: Howard F. Schwartz

Taxonomy

Domain	Eukarya
Kingdom	Fungi
Phylum	Ascomycota
Subphylum	Pezizomycotina
Class	Leotiomycetes
Subclass	Leotiomycetidae
Order	Helotiales
Family	Sclerotiniaceae
Genus	Sclerotinia

Scientific Name

Sclerotinia sclerotiorum

Scientific Name Synonyms

Sclerotium varium

Sclerotinia libertiana

Sclerotium opuntiarum

Sclerotinia sclerotiorus

Common Name

Sclerotinia timber rot

(Botrytis cinera, Sclerotinia sclerotiorum): cottony, white fungal growth on surface of water-soaked root lesions in the field or more commonly in storage. Hard, black sclerotia form on disease tissue. Other controls include crop rotation and recommended storage conditions.

Chemical Control

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