white mold
Pale crop disease
White mold is a fungal disease affecting plants, caused by *Sclerotinia* species that produce cottony white growth on stems and leaves.
It thrives in cool, damp conditions and attacks beans, lettuce, and other crops: White mold destroyed half the soybean field.
The term also describes various household molds appearing white or light gray on walls, food, or soil.
- fungicideChemical that kills mold
- sporesAsexual reproductive bodies
- hyphaeFungal filamentous structures
- wiltLose vigor, sag
- myceliumFungal filament network
cottony · Ascomycota · humidity · brie · crop rotation · camembert · stem rot · biological control · damping-off · necrosis · sporulation · temperature · soft cheese · damp · greenhouse conditions · air circulation · infection · organic matter
- food spoilagerot, spoilage, rancidity, staleness, decomposition
- moldsmolds, silicone molds, plastic molds, rubber molds, clay molds
- Cheesemakingrennet, cultures, curds, whey, starter culture
- fungal diseasescandidiasis, histoplasmosis, blight, powdery mildew, downy mildew
- cheese partsrind, paste, eyes, holes, veins
- mold typespenicillium, aspergillus, powdery mildew, downy mildew
fungal disease type
white moldpowdery mildew
Fungal leaf disease
black rot · downy mildew · brown rot · rust · blight