strawberry leaf spot

noun

variants or strawberry leaf blight or less commonly strawberry rust

: a disease of the strawberry plant caused by a parasitic fungus (Mycosphaerella fragariae) and characterized especially by the tan to white more or less circular spots with a usually clear cut margin compare leaf scorch sense b

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