Diseases of Fruit Plantation Medicinal and Aromatic Crops

Post harvest diseases of strawberry

• Botrytis rot: Botrytis cineria
• Colletotrichum rot: Colletotrichum sps
• Phytophthora rot: Phytophthora sps
Management

• Poly mulching activity avoids the fruits touching the soil
• Avoid the over mulching of the beds.
• Harvest fruits in cool hours and dry them in shades
• Strawberry packing using dry materials preserve it in controlled environmental condition (-40 c)
• Spray benomyl @ 1g/ lit 15 days before harvest.