Botrytis Blossom Blight
We had many wet days starting at the beginning of June (June 1-7) when a majority of mainland fields were in mid to full blooms. Although temperatures were not very high (on average, it was around 10 c during those days), the duration of wetness was long enough for an infection to occur (see the severity rating table below). This year, we had a perfect condition for botrytis blight infection.
During those days, it was wet and windy which hampered growers to apply botrytis fungicides. We are starting to see symptoms of botrytis in crop fields in many regions/fields.