A ripe fruit rot of the strawberry caused by a species of Gloeosporium

Abstract

Within horticultural districts surrounding Brisbane, commercial strawberry plantings have suffered a varying wastage of ripe fruit due to a species of Gloeosporium (Sturgess 1954). During the spring and summer, seasonal temperatures beyond a mean daily temperature of 65 deg. F. are shown to be an important factor influencing economic levels of fruit wastage in diseased strawberry plantings.