Strawberry - World strawberry production in tons

The plants can also develop disease from temperature extremes during winter.[28] When watering strawberries, advice has been given to water only the roots and not the leaves, as moisture on the leaves encourages growth of fungus.[30]

Reference 1: USA, Turkey, Spain, Egypt, Mexico, Russia, Japan, South Korea, Poland, Germany, Italy and Total world.

Reference 2: 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strawberry