Disease on crop
fungalStrawberry Anthracnose on everbearing strawberry
Colletotrichum acutatum
Aggressive fungal disease that causes fruit rot, crown rot, and runner lesions in strawberries, devastating during warm wet weather.
- Disease
- Strawberry Anthracnose
- Pathogen type
- Fungal
- Crop
- Everbearing Strawberry
- Scientific name
- Colletotrichum acutatum
Strawberry Anthracnose on everbearing strawberry
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Symptoms on everbearing strawberry
- ▸ Sunken brown lesions on fruit with salmon-colored spore masses
- ▸ Black lesions on runners and petioles
- ▸ Wilting and collapse of crowns
IPM controls
- ✓ Plant disease-free certified plants only
- ✓ Fungicide program from bloom through harvest
- ✓ Plasticulture to reduce splash dispersal
- ✓ Remove and destroy infected plant tissue
- ✓ Avoid overhead irrigation
Other crops affected by strawberry anthracnose
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