Ensure good control of apple scab and apple pests, especially codling moth, which may provide entry points for the brown rot fungus.
- Pre-harvest fungicide sprays with captan, Switch (cyprodinil + fludioxonil) or Bellis (pyraclostrobin + boscalid) are only partially effective as the fungus invades fruit through damage.
- Where there is a significant risk of brown rot in store, market the fruit early.
Avoiding fungicide resistance
- The risk of resistance is generally low as intensive fungicide programmes are not used.
- Resistance to benzimidazole fungicides is common in the closely related species M. fructicola but none has been recorded in M. fructigena.