A fungus that infects grapes, causing them to rot. Scientific name Botrytis cinerea. If it attacks unripe or damaged grapes, it is a disaster. But this particular cloud has a silver lining. In certain wine regions, notably Sauternes in Bordeaux, Vouvray, Bonnezeaux and Coteaux du Layon of the Loire, Tokay in Hungary, Burgenland in Austria and vario...
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The cause of Noble Rot, Botrytis cinerea is a fungus which, under suitable conditions, attacks grapes on the vines, leaving them shrivelled and dehydrated. For many grapes this can be a disaster, but the process is also invaluable in the production of sweet wines in Bordeaux, Austria, Germany and Tokaji. In unfavourable conditions the fungus is the...
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(boh-TRI-tihs) Fungus which grows on certain grapes as they ripen under certain weather conditions. Called
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Botrytis is a genus of fungi, section Hyphomycetes, containing a number of plants known as moulds and mildews, some of them having the habit of growing in the tissues of living vegetables, to which they are extremely destructive. The decay of the leaves and stem in the potato disease is due to Botrytis infestans; but whether this plant is the origi...
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a good mold that pierces the skin of grapes and causes dehydration, resulting in natural grape juice exceptionally high in sugar. Botrytis is largely responsible for the world's finest dessert wines. (see ;noble rot;).
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A group of funguses that cause certain plant diseases; also, a disease caused by such a fungus.
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any imperfect fungus of the genus Botrytis, having the conidia in grapelike bunches: a major cause of plant disease. · See
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