Bottom rot

Contributor: Wageningen University & Research
Date Compiled: 2025
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Prevention

Solution Production stage (if possible with reference to BBCH scale)
Wide crop rotations
Pre-season
Remove infected plants and leaves
From Sowing/Planting to Harvest
Use less susceptible varieties
Sowing/Planting

Control

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Solution Product Category Production stage (if possible with reference to BBCH scale) Max nb. of a. i. application/year Application Details and Notes (commercial product example) Risk resistance (FRAC Code)
Coniothyrium minitans CON/M/91-08
Microbiological fungicide
Admitted only against Sclerotinia
Pseudomonas sp strain DSM2
Microbiological fungicide
Indicated for Rizoctonia
Trichoderma asperellum and Trichoderma gamsii
Microbiological fungicide
Apply by wetting the substrate in pre-sowing or pre-transplanting and repeat at planting or transplanting.
3 per crop cycle
(REMEDIER) Dosage: 2,5 kg/ha
Resistance not known (BM02)
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.