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Once moist conditions return in the spring, nematodes become active and feed ectoparasitically on crowns, runners, and new buds of their host strawberry plants, only occasionally being found in leaf tissue. [8] Nematodes reproduce sexually with females laying up to 30 eggs in ideal fertile conditions of approximately 18 °C. [7]
Phytophthora fragariae is a fungus-like plant pathogen that causes red stele, otherwise known as Lanarkshire disease, in strawberries.Symptoms of red stele can include a red core in the roots, wilting of leaves, reduced flowering, stunting, and bitter fruit.
The host of Diplocarpon earliana is the strawberry plant. The disease mainly infects strawberry leaves at any stage of its life cycle, but may infect all parts of the strawberry plant, including the petioles, fruits, and stems. The disease is characterized by numerous small, purplish to brownish lesions (from 1/16 to 3/16 of an inch in diameter ...
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Winter in the South can be hard on plants. Fluctuating temperatures, sporadic freezes, and winter winds all take their toll on the garden. Some plants need a little extra protection to make it ...
Before resistant cultivars were developed, the most important disease of strawberry that caused utmost economic impact was common spot of strawberry. [13] Under favorable environmental conditions, this disease can cause serious reductions in strawberry yields, [14] which would definitely be a problem for commercial growers. Although the disease ...
Phomopsis obscurans is a common fungus found in strawberry plants, which causes the disease of leaf blight. Common symptoms caused by the pathogen begin as small circular reddish-purple spots and enlarge to form V-shaped lesions that follow the vasculature of the plant's leaves.
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