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leather rot

leather rot

[′leth·ər ‚rät]
(plant pathology)
A hard rot of strawberry caused by the fungus Phytophthora cactorum.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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Another mold known as leather rot can infect berries at any state.
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