CAN: Summerside Farm Closes Strawberry U-Pick Due to New Fungal Threat

New fungal disease forces shutdown of strawberry U-pick operation in P.E.I. - Fruit & Vegetable Magazine

Neopestalotiopsis, a fungal pathogen that leads to leaf spotting and rotting in strawberries, has caused Compton’s Farm Market and Berry Patch in Prince Edward Island to shut down its U-pick operation for 2025. With no known control method for this pathogen, it caused severe yield losses in the farm’s 4-acre strawberry U-pick field. CBC News reports.

CAN: Summerside farm closes strawberry U-pick due to new fungal threat

The fungal disease called neopestalotiopsis (Neo-P) has forced Compton's Farm Market and Berry Patch in Summerside, P.E.I., to shut down its strawberry U-pick operations this season. The fungus causes leaf spots and rotting, leading to significant crop losses with no known cure. While the infection…