strawberry — Page 5 — Plant & Pest Advisory

Vegetable Diseases of the Week – 5/17/13

Note white fungal growth and
black sclerotia developing at plant base.

April 26, 2013 Andy Wyenandt

Note brown hyphae growing on surface of infected root	Rhizoctonia root rot on infected strawberry.
Note circular spots with dark red margins	Leaf spot on strawberry.
Note: Secondary pathogens such as Alternaria can infest bleached out areas of stems over time	Sunscald injury on stems of newly transplanted pepper seedlings caused by stems laying against edges of black plastic mulch on hot, sunny days.