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
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
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
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
Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu We have a very late crop of strawberries this year. Plasticulture strawberries are finally in full production but reports are that the crop is lower yielding this year. We had some heavy… Continue Reading
