Common diseases of strawberries

Agriculture primefact cover 
Primefact Number: 892    Edition: First edition    Released/reviewed: Sep 2009

This Primefact provides a description and management techniques for the following diseases in strawberries:

  • Leaf scorch
  • Leaf spot
  • Leaf blight
  • Black spot
  • Powdery mildew
  • Grey mould
  • Fusarium wilt
  • Crown rot
  • Rhizopus rot

Also covered are non-disease fruit problems such as:

  • Sunburn
  • Frogmouth
  • Poor pollination
  • Albinism