IFAS Extension
Release Date: 1/19/2026
Agriculture
Abstract
Describes this serious disease of strawberries in warm production region, its causal agent and symptoms, disease development and spread, and control. Includes a table of products labeled for control of colletotrichum crown rot.
About this Publication
This document is PP 238, one of a series of the Department of Plant Pathology, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date August 2007. Revised September 2012, May 2013, December 2017, February 2022, and July 2025. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication.
How to Cite
MacKenzie, S., & Peres, N. (2007). Colletotrichum crown rot (anthracnose crown rot) of strawberries. EDIS, 2007(18). https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-pp156-2007
Authors
Natalia Peres
Specialist
University of Florida
professor, strawberry pathology, Department of Plant Pathology, UF/IFAS Gulf Coast Research and Education Center, Wimauma, FL
Michelle S. Oliveira
graduate student, Department of Plant Pathology, UF/IFAS Gulf Coast Research and Education Center
Steven J. MacKenzie
former research coordinator; Department of Plant Pathology, UF/IFAS Gulf Coast Research and Education Center