G92-1103 White Mold of Dry Beans

Authors

James R. Steadman, University of Nebraska - LincolnFollow
Howard F. Schwartz, Colorado State UniversityFollow
Eric D. Kerr, University of Nebraska - Lincoln

Date of this Version

1992

Document Type

Article

Comments

© 1992, The Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska on behalf of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln Extension. All rights reserved.

Abstract

White mold symptoms, infection and control are covered here.

One of the most important diseases affecting dry beans in western Nebraska and Colorado is white mold caused by the fungus Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. In a recent year, losses from this disease averaged as high as 20 percent, with a few individual field losses exceeding 65 percent.