Agriculture Reference
In-Depth Information
The life cycle (from egg to larva to adult) takes only eight
days at 23°C. The nematode can feed on fungi, and can
survive in soil from one year to the next.
A.
besseyi
is also
found in the seedheads of some grasses including elastic
grass (
Eragrostis tenuifolia
) and green panic (
Panicum
maximum
var.
trichoglume
). Strawberries planted in soil
containing infested grass seeds can be affected by crimp.
Runner Schemes. However, yellow-edge disease,
caused by a combination of other viruses with
mild yellow edge virus
, was formerly common and caused
stunted plants with small, pale yellow-fringed leaves. The
continued widespread use of approved runners and the
limited distribution of wild strawberry hosts have resulted
in an extremely low incidence of virus diseases in the crop.
Importance
Crimp disease is rarely seen in Australia.
FURTHER INFORMATION
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G r e e r N ( 2 0 0 5 )
Strawberry problem solver and bug identifier
.
Department of Primary Industries: Brisbane, Queensland.
Management
•
M a s s J ( E d . ) ( 1 9 9 8 )
Compendium of strawberry diseases
(2nd edn).
APS Press: St Paul, Minnesota.
Plant runners from approved or certifi ed runner schemes.
In runner-production areas, remove infected plants
as soon as they are noticed.
•
S t r e t e n C , H e r r i n g t o n M E , H u t t o n D G , P e r s l e y D M , W a i t e G K &
Gibb KS (2005) Plant hosts of the phytoplasmas and rickettsia-like-
organisms associated with strawberry lethal yellows and green petal
diseases.
Australasian Plant
Pathology
34
, 1 6 5 - 1 7 3 .
Mow grasses around crop areas.
•
Rogue affected plants or treat with the recommended
nematicide.
•
S t r e t e n C , W a i t e G K , H e r r i n g t o n M E , H u t t o n D G , P e r s l e y D M &
Gibb KS (2005) Rickettsia-like-organisms and phytoplasmas
associated with diseases in Australian strawberries.
Australasian
Plant Pathology
34
, 1 5 7 - 1 6 4 .
VIRUSES
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Virus diseases have not been a problem in Australia
for many years because of the Approved Strawberry
V o c k N T ( 1 9 9 7 )
Strawberry information kit
. Department of Primary
I n d u s t r i e s : B r i s b a n e , Q u e e n s l a n d .
