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 ...

These shriveled, mold covered grapes are infected with botrytis, which grows after the first fall rains. Photo credit: Mary Orlin/Bay Area News Group These shriveled, mold covered grapes are infected ...

Despite their bad reputation, mold, yeast, and fungus are responsible for some of the tastiest things in our lives, such as blue cheese, bread, pizza crust, soy sauce, miso, and of course mushrooms ...

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 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 often ...

Botrytis cinerea, the causative agent of grey mould, is a necrotrophic fungus affecting more than 200 horticultural species worldwide. It compromises yield and quality in fruit, vegetable and ...

Botrytis cinerea is a globally pervasive necrotrophic fungal pathogen responsible for grey mould disease across a vast range of economically important crops. Its success hinges on a suite of ...

Global Access Diagnostics (GADx), a social enterprise and leading developer of lateral flow and rapid diagnostic technologies, today announced it has expanded the applications of its low-cost, rapid ...

A projected El Niño weather pattern could increase disease pressure during the upcoming Florida strawberry season, raising ...

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 ...