About Lesson
Disease of Strawberry
a) Gray Mold
- Caused by Botrytis cinerea
- Post harvest
- Bloom then maturing fruits
- Broad spectrum fungicide weekly
- Iprodine during peak bloom
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b) Anthracnose
- Colletotrichum acutatum
- Favored by warm temperatures & rainfall
- Use minimal amounts of Nitrogen
- Captan or Thiram
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c) Angular leaf spot
- Xanthomonas fragariae
- Angular, water-soaked leaf spots
- Copper containing bactericides
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d) Powdery mildew
- Sphaerotheca macularis
- Cool
- High humidity
- White, web-like growth
- Sulfur based fungicide