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Gray Mold of Garden Strawberry

Fragaria x ananassa Duchesne ex Rozier

The most dangerous fungal disease of garden strawberry caused by Botrytis cinerea. It is capable of destroying up to 94% of the yield, affecting all above-ground parts of the plant, but manifesting most intensely on ripening berries.

In the reference 160 varieties crop Garden strawberry, where this is mentioned in the description.

The pathogen is a facultative parasite, Botrytis cinerea, which overwinters as sclerotia and mycelium on plant debris and in the soil. The infection often penetrates the plant during the flowering phase through flower elements, transitioning into a latent form until the fruit reaches maturity.

Typical symptoms on berries include watery brown spots that expand rapidly and become covered with a dense ash-gray coating of sporulation. Affected tissues lose flavor, become bitter, and subsequently mummify. Infestation of peduncles and fruit stalks often leads to complete desiccation of the ovaries.

On leaves, the disease manifests as large, diffuse spots which, under humid conditions, are also covered with a gray coating. Specialized races of the pathogen for strawberries have not been identified, and cultivar resistance is considered a polygenic trait associated with the morphological characteristics of the fruits and peduncles.

General information about the subject — on the page Grey mold.

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Varieties of Garden strawberry mentioned in the description

Selection based on the description text, not on official evaluation: these data are absent from registers. For specific variety details, please refer to its profile.

Aliso

Active

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Service Officiel de Controle (FR)

FR NL
4 records

Revada

Terminated

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IVT, NL

ES FR
2 records

Granat

Active

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Instytut Ogrodnictwa - Państwowy Instytut Badawczy

PL
4 records

Paula

Application submitted

Fragaria x ananassa Duchesne ex Rozier · Garden strawberry

Instytut Sadownictwa i Kwiaciarstwa im. Szczepana Pieniążka

ES PL
3 records

Fragaria x ananassa Duchesne ex Rozier · Garden strawberry

ES
2 records

Fragaria x ananassa Duchesne ex Rozier · Garden strawberry

Masiá Ciscar S.L.

ES
3 records

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Walther Faedi^^^Gianluca Baruzzi

3 records

Marilyn

Active

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Zakład Ogrodniczo-Szkółkarski Ryszard Majewski

PL
4 records

Alfa Centauri

Terminated

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Niwa Hodowla Roślin Jagodowych sp. z o.o.

PL
4 records

Brighton

Active

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The Regents of the University of California (US)

FR
3 records

Tiobelle

Application submitted

Fragaria x ananassa Duchesne ex Rozier · Garden strawberry

ARC Infruitec (ZA)

FR
2 records

Filut

Active

Fragaria x ananassa Duchesne ex Rozier · Garden strawberry

Instytut Ogrodnictwa - Państwowy Instytut Badawczy

PL
4 records

Kama

Protection expired

Fragaria x ananassa Duchesne ex Rozier · Garden strawberry

Lenkijos sodininkystės ir gėlininkystės institutas

LT PL
2 records

Fragaria x ananassa Duchesne ex Rozier · Garden strawberry

Nobuo Kanasashi

3 records

Fragaria x ananassa Duchesne ex Rozier · Garden strawberry

Jacques Marionnet G.F.A.

HU
2 records

Sengana

Active

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VON SENGBUCH (DE)

FR
3 records

Magdusia

Active

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Marian Lisowski

PL
4 records

ROXANA

Active

Fragaria x ananassa Duchesne ex Rozier · Garden strawberry

MUSACCHI,BERNARDINI,MARCH

ES
2 records

Aurea

Active

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Berries Del Oeste S.L.

ES
2 records

Vikat

Active

Fragaria x ananassa Duchesne ex Rozier · Garden strawberry

Instytut Ogrodnictwa - Państwowy Instytut Badawczy

PL
4 records

Fragaria x ananassa Duchesne ex Rozier · Garden strawberry

Instytut Ogrodnictwa - Państwowy Instytut Badawczy

PL
4 records

Dangė

Terminated

Fragaria x ananassa Duchesne ex Rozier · Garden strawberry

Lietuvos agrarinių ir miškų mokslų centro filialas Sodininkystės ir daržininkystės institutas

LT
2 records

Fragaria x ananassa Duchesne ex Rozier · Garden strawberry

Information not available - Contact NL authorities

NL
2 records

harmony

Active

Fragaria x ananassa Duchesne ex Rozier · Garden strawberry

Information not available - Contact NL authorities

NL
2 records