These shriveled, mold covered grapes are infected with botrytis, which grows after the first fall rains. Photo credit: Mary Orlin/Bay Area News Group These shriveled, mold covered grapes are infected ...

Under moderately moist conditions, the fungus produces the benign "noble rot," ideal for making particular high-value dessert wines, known as "botrytized wines" or Sauternes. But when moist conditions ...

“Noble rot” refers to a fungus that transforms white wine grapes into “misshapen brown blobs,” said Thom Elkjer in Wine Enthusiast. Called Botrytis cinerea, it dessicates the grapes used to make ...

Global Access Diagnostics (GADx), announced it has expanded the applications of its low-cost, rapid diagnostic test, BotrytisAlert. Harnessing GADx’s expertise in lateral flow technology, the test has ...

Global Access Diagnostics (GADx), a social enterprise and leading developer of lateral flow and rapid diagnostic technologies, today announced it has expanded the applications of its low-cost, rapid ...

Eden Research has received authorisation for the sale of its bio-fungicide, which protects against Botrytis Cinerea, in Australia, for use on wine and table grapes. The product, which is authorised ...

Grape rot fungus costs the global wine industry millions each year. Amid health concerns over chemical solutions, a natural alternative is being tested in France's Bordeaux region - with positive ...

A combination of AI and photography is helping wine makers keep their grapes free of disease. Botrytis cinerea is a fungus—also known as grey rot—which has spores that pierce and infect wine grapes, ...