The main symptoms are stunting and yellowing of leaf margins. Purchase only certified virus-free strawberry plants. Many strawberry viruses are transmitted by aphids. The only way to assure that the plants remain reasonably virus-free is to carry on an aphid spray control program throughout the growing season. However, if the strawberry bed is renewed every 2 to 3 years, virus build-up should not become a problem and no control measures are necessary.
Cultivars are only resistant to specific races of the red stele fungus.
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