College of Plant Protection Agricultural University of Hebei, Baoding 071001, Hebei, China.
*Correspondence author. E-mail: ckq@hebau.edu.cn
Strawberry is an important soft fruit. Soil sickness is the limiting factor in strawberry production and autotoxicity is an important mechanism for the soil sickness. This article reviews the occurrence of soil sickness and autotoxicity in strawberry, the laboratory bioassay and field trials of autotoxicity, the autotoxic chemicals and their mechanisms to strawberry and how to control or avoid autotoxicity.
Autotoxicity, soil sickness, strawberry
