Abstract
In 2015, a new leaf spot disease was observed on strawberry seedlings in Wanju, Korea. Tanned
brown spots appeared on the leaves of the infected plants, and often coalesced to form larger
necrotic areas, resulting in the death of foliage. An isolate was obtained in pure culture. On the
basis of morphological characteristics and molecular analysis of internal transcribed spacer rDNA
sequence, the causal agent was identified as
Acknowledgements
This work was carried out with the support of the “Cooperative Research Program for Agriculture Science & Technology Development (Project No. PJ01136802)” Rural Development Administration, Republic of Korea.