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    Black rot is a common and destructive fungal disease of grapes. The fungus attacks canes, tendrils, leaves, and fruit, causing small yellow or brown spots that enlarge and develop black borders and reddish-brown centers. Untreated, it can cause entire grape crops to be lost. However, following good cultural practices like removing diseased plant material, applying fungicides regularly starting early in the season, and using resistant varieties allows growers to maintain control of the disease.

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    Black rot is a common and destructive fungal disease of grapes. The fungus attacks canes, tendrils, leaves, and fruit, causing small yellow or brown spots that enlarge and develop black borders and reddish-brown centers. Untreated, it can cause entire grape crops to be lost. However, following good cultural practices like removing diseased plant material, applying fungicides regularly starting early in the season, and using resistant varieties allows growers to maintain control of the disease.

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    Black rot is a common and destructive fungal disease of grapes. The fungus attacks canes, tendrils, leaves, and fruit, causing small yellow or brown spots that enlarge and develop black borders and reddish-brown centers. Untreated, it can cause entire grape crops to be lost. However, following good cultural practices like removing diseased plant material, applying fungicides regularly starting early in the season, and using resistant varieties allows growers to maintain control of the disease.

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    Black rot is a common and destructive fungal disease of grapes. The fungus attacks canes, tendrils, leaves, and fruit, causing small yellow or brown spots that enlarge and develop black borders and reddish-brown centers. Untreated, it can cause entire grape crops to be lost. However, following good cultural practices like removing diseased plant material, applying fungicides regularly starting early in the season, and using resistant varieties allows growers to maintain control of the disease.

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    Botany and Plant Pathology


    Fruit Diseases
    Grape Black Rot
    Black rot is one of the most common and serious diseases of wild and cultivated
    grapes. The fungus attacks canes, tendrils, leaves, and fruit. The disease is most
    destructive in warm, humid areas. Before good control measures were developed,
    it was not uncommon for entire crops to be lost. However, it is now possible to
    maintain control of black rot using a combination of sound cultural practices,
    fungicides, and resistant varieties.
    Symptom
    Paul C. Pecknold, Symptoms of black rot first appear as small yellowish spots on leaves. As the
    Extension Plant spots enlarge, a black border forms around the margins. The centers of the lesions
    Pathologist become reddish-brown. By the time the lesions reach 1/8 to 1/4 inch in diameter,
    tiny black dots appear. These are spore-producing structures of the fungus. Often
    they are arranged in a ring pattern, just inside the margin of the lesion. Lesions
    may also appear on young shoots, cluster stems, and tendrils. These lesions are
    purple to black, oval in outline, and sunken. Fruit symptoms often do not appear
    until grapes are half grown. Small, round, light brownish spots form on the fruit.
    The rotted tissue in the spot softens and becomes sunken. The spot enlarges
    quickly, rotting the entire berry in a few days. The diseased fruit shrivels,
    becoming small, hard, black, and wrinkled. Raised, black spore-producing
    Reference to products in this
    structures of the fungus form on the blackened, shriveled fruit. The shriveled,
    publication is not intended
    infected fruit are commonly known as “mummies.” These mummies usually
    to be an endorsement to the
    exclusion of others which remain attached to the fruit cluster.
    may be similar. Persons
    using such products assume
    responsibility for their use
    in accordance with current
    label directions of the
    manufacturer.

    Shriveled “Mummified” fruit due to black rot infection

    Purdue University • Cooperative Extension Service • West Lafayette, IN 47907


    Cause 2. Chemical Control:
    Black rot is caused by the fungus, Guignardia A fungicide spray program, especially early in the
    bidwellii. During winter, the fungus persists in cane season, is required for adequate control of black rot.
    and tendril lesions and fruit mummies. In spring, Apply fungicides on a regular schedule starting when
    spores of the fungus are carried to young tissue by new growth is 4 to 6 inches long. Continue spraying
    splashing or wind-blown rain. Infection of grape on a 7- to 10-day schedule (7 days during wet
    tissue occurs in less than 12 hours if temperatures weather, 10 days if dry) until berries start to change
    range between 60 and 90 deg. F. Black rot infection color. NOTE: Berries are no longer susceptible to
    will continue as long as rains and warm weather black rot when they reach about 6 percent to 8 percent
    continue. Usually, infection is first seen on the lower sugar content (usually when they start to change
    leaves of vines 14-21 days after infection has color.)
    occurred. Important: fungicides act as a protective coat of
    “paint” on the leaf surface; where possible, apply
    Control fungicides just before a prolonged wet period occurs,
    1. Cultural Control: not after.
    Sanitation is CRITICAL in the control of black rot. Fungicides commonly available to backyard growers
    Destroy mummies, remove diseased tendrils from the for control of black rot include: myclobutanil 9sold as
    wires, and when pruning, if possible, leave only Immunox), and captan. Follow all label instructions
    fruiting canes without lesions. If only a few leaf regarding amounts of pesticide to use, method of
    lesions appear in the spring, remove these infected application, and safety warnings. For further
    leaves because the disease spreads rapidly after a few information on fungicides for commercial growers
    infections become established. Plant grapes in sunny refer to: ID-169, “Indiana Commercial Small Fruit &
    open areas that allow good air movement. When Grape Spray Guide.”
    grapes are exposed to light and good air circulation,
    they are less likely to have black rot. Good weed
    control also enables plants to dry more quickly.

    REVISED 5/01
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    access to the programs and facilities without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, age, marital status, parental status, sexual orientation,
    or disability. Purdue University is an Affirmative Action institution. This material may be available in alternative formats.
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