Short-term, parallel storage in the prediction of storage losses caused by Botrytis cinerea Pers ex Fr. on cabbage

The level of Botrytis cinerea Pers ex Fr. on cabbages stored for 6.5 months in a cold store (+1 °C) and the subsequent number of merchantable cabbages were extremely reliably predicted by the B, cinerea contents of cabbages stored for 7 weeks at 5-10 °C, or 3.5 months at +1 °C. The cabbages were probably infected by B. cinerea in the field 3 weeks or more before harvesting. The fungus could still be controlled satisfactorily by spraying with fungicide 4 weeks before harvesting.