LEAF BLOTCH DISEASE AFFECTING COASTAL STRAWBERRY

Late spring rains have encouraged the development of several coastal crop diseases, including leaf blotch of strawberry. During the recent drought years this disease was rarely observed; however, leaf blotch (caused by the fungus Zythia fragariae) is showing up in strawberry fields this late spring. Symptoms on leaves will have tan to gray lesions (“blotches”) […]

ABIOTIC DAMAGE ON STRAWBERRY MIMICKING FUNGAL DISEASE

Central coast California weather conditions in late 2017 and into early 2018 have resulted in possible stressed strawberry plants in some areas. Overall low rain levels through February 2018 may have contributed to buildup of salts in the root profile, causing leaf burn and less than optimal growth of the transplants (Photos 1 and 2). […]