Bottom rot

Contributor: Institut de Recerca i Tecnologia Agroalimentaries
Date Compiled: 2025
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Prevention

Solution Production stage (if possible with reference to BBCH scale)
Wide crop rotations
Pre-season
Use healthy certified propagation materials
Sowing/Planting

Monitoring

Solution
Observation: presence/absence

Control

Regulations surrounding biological products can change rapidly – always verify products recommended here with the most recent legislation and lists of products registered for your country
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)
Trichoderma atroviride strain I-1237
Microbiological fungicide
Trichoderma asperellum (CEPA T34)
Microbiological fungicide
Bacillus subtilis strain QST 713
Microbiological fungicide
from BBCH 0- 13
1
(SERENADE® ASO) Dosage: 5 L/ha in open field
Pseudomonas sp. DSMZ strain
Microbiological fungicide
From planting
3 (per crop cycle)
(PRORADIX®) Dosage: 125g/ha
Trichoderma asperellum (CEPA T34)
Microbiological fungicide
BBCH 12 - 49
2
(T34 BIOCONTROL) Dosage: 0,25 kg/ha
Clonostachys rosea strain J1446 (Gliocladium catenulatum, strain J1446)
Microbiological fungicide
BBCH 10 - 15
1
(LALSTOP G46 WG® ) Dosage: 1,5 - 2,5 Kg/ha
Trichoderma asperellum (strain T25) & Trichoderma atroviride (strain T11)
Microbiological fungicide
1-5
(TUSAL® ) Dosage: 0,5 - 1 Kg/ha
Trichoderma asperellum (strain TV-1)
Microbiological fungicide
Incorporation before or during planting or transplanting
1
(XEDAVIR® ) Dosage: 5 kg/ha

Regulations surrounding chemical products can change rapidly – always verify chemicals recommended here with the most recent legislation and lists of products registered for your country
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) Chemical Group Risk resistance (FRAC Code)
Boscalid
Synthetic fungicide
Start of treatments since there are favorable conditions for the development of infection. Suspend treatments 14 days before harvest
3 (Among the SDHIs)
(SIGNUM®) Dosage: 1,5 kg/ha
SDHI (Succinate dehydrogenase inhibitors)
Medium to high risk. (7)
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.