# List of strawberry diseases

This article is a list of diseases of strawberry (Fragaria × ananassa).

## Bacterial diseases

Bacterial diseases :
| Angular leaf spot | Xanthomonas fragariae |
| Bacterial wilt | Pseudomonas solanacearum |
| Cauliflower disease (complex) | Rhodococcus fascians = Corynebacterium fascians |

## Oomycete diseases

Oomycete diseases :
| Downy mildew | Peronospora potentillae = Peronospora fragariae |

## Fungal diseases

Fungal diseases :
| Alternaria fruit rot | Alternaria tenuissima |
| Anther and pistil blight | Rhizoctonia fragariae Ceratobasidium sp. [teleomorph] |
| Anthracnose and anthracnose fruit rot and black spot | Colletotrichum acutatum species complex C. fioriniae C. nymphaeae Colletotrichum gloeosporioides species complex C. fragariae C. fructicola C. siamense (syn. C. murrayae) Glomerella cingulata [teleomorph] (archaic) Gloeosporium spp. (archaic) |
| Armillaria crown and root rot (shoestring crown and root rot) | Armillaria mellea Rhizomorpha subcorticalis [anamorph] |
| Black leaf spot | Alternaria alternata f.sp. fragariae Colletotrichum gloeosporioides = Colletotrichum fragariae |
| Black root rot (disease complex) | Rhizoctonia fragariae Ceratobasidium [teleomorph] sp. Coniothyrium fuckelii Diapleella coniothyrium [teleomorph] = Leptosphaeria coniothyrium Hainesia lythri Discohainesia oenotherae [teleomorph] Idriella lunata Pyrenochaeta sp. Pythium spp. Pythium ultimum |
| Cercospora leaf spot | Cercospora fragariae Cercospora vexans |
| Charcoal rot | Macrophomina phaseolina = Botryodiplodia phaseoli |
| Common leaf spot | Mycosphaerella fragariae Ramularia brunnea [anamorph] |
| Coniothyrium diseases | Coniothyrium fuckelii Coniella fragariae = Coniothyrium fragariae |
| Dematophora crown and root rot (white root rot) | Rosellinia necatrix Dematophora necatrix [anamorph] |
| Diplodina rot (leaf and stalk rot) | Phoma lycopersici = Diplodina lycopersici Didymella lycopersici [teleomorph] |
| Fruit rots (in addition to those appearing elsewhere in this listing) | Aspergillus niger Cladosporium spp. Mucor mucedo Mucor hiemalis Mucor hiemalis f. silvaticus Mucor piriformis Penicillium aurantiogriseum = Penicillium cyclopium Penicillium expansum Penicillium glabrum = Penicillium frequentans Penicillium purpurogenum |
| Byssochlamys rot | Byssochlamys fulva Paecilomyces fulvus [anamorph] |
| Brown cap | Foliar pathogens which attack cap-drying |
| Fruit blotch | Fusarium sambucinum Gibberella pulicaris[teleomorph] Penicillium purpurogenum Peronospora potentillae Sphaeropsis malorum Botryosphaeria obtusa [teleomorph] = Physalospora obtusa Sclerotium rolfsii Athelia rolfsii [teleomorph] = Corticium rolfsii Schizoparme straminea Coniella castaneicola [anamorph] = Pilidiella quercicola |
| Gray mold leaf blight and dry crown rot | Botrytis cinerea Botryotinia fuckeliana (teleomorph) |
| Hainesia leaf spot | Hainesia lythri |
| Hard brown rot | Rhizoctonia solani Thanatephorus cucumeris [teleomorph] Macrophomina phaseolina = Macrophomina phaseoli = Rhizoctonia bataticola |
| Leaf blotch | Gnomonia comari Zythia fragariae [anamorph] Gnomonia fragariae |
| Leaf rust | Phragmidium potentillae = Frommea obtusa |
| Leaf scorch | Diplocarpon earlianum Marssonina fragariae [anamorph] = Marssonina potentillae |
| Leather rot | Phytophthora cactorum Phytophthora citricola Phytophthora citrophthora Phytophthora nicotianae = Phytophthora parasitica |
| Lilac soft rot | Pythium sp. |
| Pestalotia fruit rot | Pestalotia laurocerasi Pestalotia longisetula |
| Leaf blight | Phomopsis obscurans = Dendrophoma obscurans Neopestalotiopsis clavispora |
| Postharvest rots | Botrytis cinerea Mucor mucedo Pichia membranifaciens Pichia subpelliculosa = Hansenula subpelliculosa Saccharomyces cerevisiae Saccharomyces kluyveri Zygosaccharomyces bailii = Saccharomyces bailii Zygosaccharomyces florentinus = Saccharomyces florentinus |
| Powdery mildew | Sphaerotheca macularis = Sphaerotheca humuli |
| Phytophthora crown and root rot | Phytophthora sp. Phytophthora cactorum Phytophthora citricola Phytophthora citrophthora Phytophthora megasperma Phytophthora nicotianae var. parasitica |
| Other root rots ||
| Botrytis crown rot | Botrytis cinerea |
| Gray sterile fungus root rot | Phoma terrestris = Pyrenochaeta terrestris |
| Idriella root rot | Idriella lunata |
| Macrophomina root rot | Macrophomina phaseolina |
| Olpidium root infection | Olpidium brassicae |
| Synchytrium root gall | Synchytrium fragariae |
| Purple leaf spot | Mycosphaerella louisianae |
| Red stele | Phytophthora fragariae |
| Rhizoctonia bud and crown rot, leaf blight, web blight, fruit rot | Rhizoctonia solani Rhizoctonia fragariae |
| Rhizopus rot (leak) | Rhizopus stolonifer |
| Sclerotinia crown and fruit rot | Sclerotinia sclerotiorum |
| Septoria hard rot and leaf spot | Septoria fragariae = Septogloeum potentillae Septoria aciculosa Septoria fragariaecola |
| Stunt (Pythium root rot) | Pythium ultimum Pythium spp. Pythium acanthicum Pythium debaryanum Pythium dissotocum Pythium hypogynum Pythium irregulare Pythium middletonii = Pythium proliferum Pythium myriotylum Pythium perniciosum Pythium rostratum Pythium sylvaticum |
| Southern blight (Sclerotium rot) | Sclerotium rolfsii |
| Stem-end rot | Gnomonia comari |
| Tan-brown rot (of fruit) | Pilidium lythri (previously known as Pilidium concavum) Discohainesia oenotherae Hainesia lythri = Patellina fragariae [anamorph] |
| Verticillium wilt | Verticillium albo-atrum Verticillium dahliae |

## Miscellaneous diseases and disorders

Miscellaneous diseases and disorders :
| Pith necrosis and crown death | Unknown |
| Rapid death | Unknown, resembles P. cactorum |
| Slime molds | Diachea leucopodia Physarum cinereum |

## Nematodes, parasitic

Nematodes, parasitic :
| Bulb and stem | Ditylenchus dipsaci |
| Dagger | Xiphenema spp. |
| Dagger, American | Xiphenema americanum |
| Lesion | Pratylenchus coffeae Pratylenchus penetrans Pratylenchus pratensis Pratylenchus scribneri |
| Root-knot | Meloidogyne spp. Meloidogyne hapla |
| Spring dwarf (crimp) or foliar nematodes | Aphelenchoides fragariae Aphelenchoides ritzemabosi |
| Sting | Belonolaimus longicaudatus Belonolaimus gracilis |
| Summer dwarf (crimp) | Aphelenchoides besseyi |

## Phytoplasma, Virus and virus-like diseases

Virus and virus-like diseases :
| Aphid-transmitted ||
| Strawberry chlorotic fleck | Strawberry chlorotic fleck (graft-transmissible agent of unknown relationship) |
| Strawberry crinkle | Strawberry crinkle virus (SCV) (cytoplasmic rhabdovirus) |
| Strawberry latent C virus in Fragaria | Strawberry latent C virus (SLCV) (nuclear rhabdovirus) |
| Strawberry mild yellow-edge | Strawberry mild yellow-edge virus (SMYEV) (plus an unnamed potexvirus) |
| Strawberry mottle | Strawberry mottle virus (SMV) (Relationship unknown) |
| Strawberry pseudo mild yellow-edge | Strawberry pseudo mild yellow-edge virus (SPMYEV) (carlavirus) |
| Strawberry vein banding | Strawberry vein banding virus (SVBV) (caulimovirus) |
| Leafhopper-transmitted phytoplasma and rickettsia-like agents (vectors known or probable): ||
| Aster yellows | Aster yellows phytoplasma |
| Maladie du bord jaune | phytoplasma |
| Strawberry green petal | Strawberry green petal phytoplasma |
| Strawberry lethal decline | Strawberry lethal decline phytoplasma |
| Strawberry multiplier plant | Strawberry Multiplier MLO |
| Strawberry mycoplasma yellows disease | Strawberry yellows phytoplasma |
| Strawberry rickettsia yellows disease | Strawberry yellows rickettsia-like organism (SYRLO) |
| Strawberry witches'-broom | Strawberry witches'-broom MLO |
| Nematode-transmitted ||
| Arabis mosaic virus | Arabis mosaic virus (ArMV) (nepovirus) |
| Raspberry ringspot virus | Raspberry ringspot virus (nepovirus) |
| Strawberry latent ringspot virus | Strawberry latent ringspot virus (SLRV) (nepovirus) |
| Tomato black ring virus | Tomato black ring virus (TomBRV) (nepovirus) |
| Tomato ringspot virus | Tomato ringspot virus (TomRSV) (nepovirus) |
| Fungus-transmitted ||
| Tobacco necrosis virus in Fragaria vesca | Tobacco necrosis virus (TNV) (necrovirus) |
| Pollen-transmitted ||
| Strawberry pallidosis | Strawberry pallidosis (graft- and pollen-transmissible agent of unknown relationship) |
| Thrips-transmitted ||
| Strawberry necrotic shock | Tobacco streak virus, strawberry strain (TSV-SNS) (Ilarvirus) |
| Vectors unknown ||
| Strawberry leafroll | Strawberry leafroll (graft-transmissible agent(s) of unknown relationship |
| Strawberry feather-leaf | Strawberry feather-leaf (graft-transmissible agent of unknown relationship |
| Non-graft transmissible virus-like disease ||
| Strawberry June yellows | Genetically transmitted disorder of unknown cause |