Botrytis
may encircle the stem, so the part of the plant above the lesion wilts and dies. In vegetables and strawberry, grey mould ( Botryotinia fuckeliana / Botrytis [...] Botrytis cinerea ) affects the fruit. In potted plants, the cuttings die due to carry-over infection from infected parent plants. Life cycle and appearance [...] plant maintain a higher RH once stem infection is present, since more plants die at lower RH remove aborting fruits, since these can be infected after abortion