Diseases

Monilinia fruit rot — strawberry

Fragaria x ananassa Duchesne ex Rozier

Monilinia fruit rot is not a primary disease of garden strawberry. The disease is caused by the fungus Monilinia fructicola and occurs only in rare, sporadic cases.

In the reference 5 varieties crop Garden strawberry, where this is mentioned in the description.

Scientific literature has documented isolated cases of Monilinia fructicola detection on garden strawberry fruits. This pathogen is the primary causative agent of brown rot in stone fruit crops, and its occurrence on strawberry is incidental.

When fruits are affected, signs of decay similar to typical fruit rot are observed. Due to the extremely rare occurrence of the disease, information on specific pathogen races adapted to this crop, as well as data on strawberry resistance genes to Monilinia, is unavailable.

General information about the subject — on the page Moniliasis (fruit rot).

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Varieties of Garden strawberry mentioned in the description

Selection based on the description text, not on official evaluation: these data are absent from registers. For specific variety details, please refer to its profile.