A Guide to Grapevine Abnormalities in South Africa - P.G. GOUSSARD

Bird damage.

PHOTO 373. A typical example of pecking damage by birds in this individual berry – in which case convenient ingress is offered to secondary rotting organisms.

PHOTO 374. Several berries on this bunch have already been destroyed by secondary rotting organisms – while freshly eaten berries (as in Photo 373) are expected to be subjected to a similar fate.

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