strawberry diseases | Weekly Crop Update

Controlling Strawberry Fruit Rots with an Emphasis on Mitigating Fungicide Resistance Development

April 3, 2020Emmalea Garver Ernest

Andy Wyenandt, Specialist in Vegetable Pathology, Rutgers University; wyenandt@aesop.rutgers.edu This article originally appeared in Rutgers cooperative Extension’s Plant & Pest Advisory at: https://plant-pest-advisory.rutgers.edu/controlling-strawberry-fruit-rots-2017-2-2-2/ Fruit rots in strawberry can cause significant losses if not recognized early and properly controlled. The use… Continue Reading →

Bruising on Strawberry Leaves

April 26, 2019cmanneri

Jerry Brust, IPM Vegetable Specialist, University of Maryland; jbrust@umd.edu Over the last few weeks I have been sent pictures of and have seen dark spots on the foliage of strawberry plants (Figures 1 and 2). These spots can look pretty… Continue Reading →

Botrytis Fruit Rot (Gray Mold) and Crown Rot in Strawberries

April 13, 2018Emmalea Garver Ernest

Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu Strawberry growers in the region should initiate programs to control Botrytis fruit and crown rots in strawberries. Gray mold of strawberry fruit is caused by the fungus Botrytis cinerea. This pathogen can… Continue Reading →

It’s That Gray Mold Time of Year and Fungicide Resistance Issues Abound

May 6, 2016Emmalea Garver Ernest

Cassandra Swett, Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist – Berry Pathology, University of Maryland and Penn State University; clswett@umd.edu, https://twitter.com/berry_pathology Strawberries are blooming, the rain is falling and it’s warming into the 60s and 70’—and as a plant pathologist, all I… Continue Reading →

Strawberry Cold Injury

April 18, 2014Emmalea Garver Ernest

Jerry Brust, IPM Vegetable Specialist, University of Maryland; jbrust@umd.edu I have seen several strawberry fields in the past week that have some plants with distorted wrinkled appearing foliage (Fig. 1). These leaves almost look like they have a virus, but… Continue Reading →