Fig. 1

Typical symptoms of red stele disease of strawberry. a A stunted plant held by hands. The plant is suffering from red stele disease and the yellow arrows are pointing to the dissected rat-tails displaying red cores. b A detached dissected rat-tail root displaying red core. c A fully pealed root core prior to plating on Phytophthora selective agar. The lower part of the core has turned red due to red stele disease