Bottom rot

Contributor: Université de Liège
Date Compiled: 2025
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Prevention

Solution Production stage (if possible with reference to BBCH scale)
Aerate the greenhouses
From Sowing/Planting to Harvest
Wide crop rotations
Pre-season
Remove infected plants and leaves
From Sowing/Planting to Harvest
Use less susceptible varieties
Sowing/Planting
Avoid use of legumes, sunflower or rapeseed as crop preceding cabbage in the rotation
Pre-season
Avoid use of sensitive cultures (peas, beens, lettuce) in the 3 years preceding cabbage
Pre-season
Avoid high plant density
Sowing/Planting
The information made available here has been obtained from or is based upon sources believed by CABI to be reliable but is not guaranteed as to accuracy or completeness. Anyone acting or relying on such information does so entirely at their own risk. The efficacy of the IPM methods included above will depend on local conditions and might not always be suitable everywhere within the specified country.