Scientific name: Botrytis spp. Causal organism: Fungus Common
name: Gray mold disease, Botrytis bulb rot, Botrytis rot Onion
and other alliums, beans, carrot, celery, citrus, crucifers,
cucurbits, eggplant, pepper, potato, tomato, and a wide range of
herbaceous and woody plants Affected plant stages All the
plant's growth stages Affected plant parts All plant parts Photo
Source: Colorado State University Botrytis disease commonly
appears as blossom blights and fruit rots. The fungus can cause
other diseases like; damping-off, stem cankers and rots, leaf
spots, and tuber/corm/bulb/root rots. It causes gray mold rot on
bean, cabbage carrot, eggplant, etc.; tip end rot on tomato,
pepper, squash, banana, citrus, etc.; and gray mold on many
fruits and vegetables. Gray mold appears as tan or brown
watersoaked lesion that becomes grayish or dried-out on fruits.
The presence of numerous silver-gray to gray-brown spores of the
fungus is very evident on the infected plant parts. Tiny, black,
and shiny fruiting bodies m