Claim · #6495233
Botrytis cinerea · pathogen pressure · Vitis vinifera
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“expenses for the control of Botrytis bunch rot are a major cause of reduction in profit”
- Authors
- Dean R., van Kan J.A.L., Pretorius Z.A., Hammond-Kosack K.E., Di Pietro A., Spanu P.D., Rudd J.J., Dickman M., Kahmann R., Ellis J., Foster G.D.
- Year
- 2012
- Publication
- Molecular Plant Pathology
- Page
- 417
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Botrytis cinerea bunch rot is a major grape disease causing substantial economic loss in viticulture; AUS$52M figure for Australia is plausible and within published-cost ranges.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“B. cinerea is the classic necrotroph causing grey mould/bunch rot in V. vinifera; ripening-stage and post-harvest infection well-documented; severity high is appropriate for wine and table grapes.”
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