This disease affects very young seedlings, but can also damage older plants. Affected seedlings will wilt and fall over at the soil line. Seeds should be germinated in steamed soil or in a soilless potting medium.
Symptoms appear as wilting and a slow or rapid collapse of the plant.
The roots can appear brown and water-soaked instead of white. A water-soaked lesion can often appear at the base of the stem. Control can be achieved by using sterile soil, clean pots, and fungicide-treated seed. Diseased plants should be rogued out and discarded. Botrytis blight , Botrytis cinerea.