Management of bacterial blotch: the casing, cultivar and more

Bacterial blotch diseases lead to coloured spots on the caps of mushrooms. This not only leaves the crop unmarketable, brt also reduces the post-harvest shelf-life of the crop. 'Casing soil resilience to bacterial blotch 'was a four-year research project at Wageningen University & Research, which described the role of the casing soil and cultivar on bacterial blotch outbreaks (see also MB102/2020). Here we summarize the newest findings together with suggested management strategies for blotch outbreaks