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A Strawberry Fruit Rot Caused by Alternaria tenuissima. C. M. Howard, Assistant Professor (Asst. Plant Pathologist), IFAS University of Florida, Agricultural Research Center, Dover 33527; E. E. Albregts, Assistant Professor (Asst. Soil Chemist), IFAS University of Florida, Agricultural Research Center, Dover 33527. Phytopathology 63:938-939. DOI: 10.1094/Phyto-63-938.

During the past 3 years a new strawberry fruit rot caused by Alternaria tenuissima has been found in research plots and some commercial fields in Central Florida. Isolations from the fruit rot lesions usually yielded only A. tenuissima. Rot lesions similar to those in the field developed on surface-sterilized fruits inoculated with spore suspensions of the fungus. Losses from this disease have not been severe enough for it to be considered a problem in this area at this time.