NC commercial fertility and insect management practices were followed. May. Fruit were harvested weekly from 21 Apr through 3 Jun. Yield, weight and number of fruit harvested per plot were recorded. However, the overall gray mold incidence for the season was relatively low. Starting the season with Switch followed by Captan resulted in the highest yield compared to the controls. Efficacy of fungicides to manage anthracnose and gray mold incidence in strawberries 1999 Botrytis trial.
Gray mold is the most common and consistent problem for our growers.
For many growers, gray mold management includes use of fungicides. This report highlights that Elevate and Switch, both reduced risk fungicides, are effective Botryticides and can play an important role in gray mold management. Switch, but not Elevate, offered some suppression of anthracnose. Anthracnose control is difficult because the disease can reach epidemic proportions in a short time. Since most growers do not encounter problems, fungicides should be implemented only if there is a high risk of disease.