Abstract
This paper is a study of the causes of gray mold, a serious disease of strawberries, and salmonella, a common bacteria found in tainted poultry. Experiments that were conducted to cause spoilage of strawberries under different storage conditions, and to detect salmonella in meat or poultry, are explained and discussed in terms of the results they produced.

From the Paper
"Gray mold is one of the most common and serious diseases of strawberries caused by a fungus (Ries, 2001). It is caused by Botrytis cinerea and it thrives during rainy and cloudy periods just before or during harvest. The gray mold fungus winters as many minute, irregular, black, fungal bodies (sclerotica) and as dormant mycelia on many kinds of plant debris, such as dead leaves, stems and fruit, and these sclerotica produce large numbers of microscopic spores (conidia) in the spring which are spread by wind, splashing water, and human activity."

Tags:Botrytis, cinerea, gray, mold, fungus, undercookec, chicken, Salmonella, enteritidis