It is also a storage rot if present in stored vegetables stored at too high humidity. Can also cause damping-off. The conidia are abundant and can infect directly as well as through wounds. It is a necrotroph. Can be spread by seed contamination and by contaminated potting mix.
Fungicides are only partly effective and there is no resistance.
Botrytis usually has no perfect stage but if present it is Sclerotinia. This fungus causes white mold and blight diseases of many vegetables and ornamentals. Very wide host range. All herbaceous parts of the plant are affected and under humid conditions white cottony mycelium develops on all parts of the plant. It is a soil invader.