Abstract:Root rot caused by Rhizoctonia is one of the most important diseases in strawberry. In this study, the pathogen of strawberryroot rot was identified based on morphology, nucleus fluorescence staining, hyphal anastomosis test, rDNA-ITS sequence analysis and Koch′s postulates. The isolates were obtained from the diseased roots of strawberry collected from greenhouse in Changping district, Beijing in 2014. Three isolates were identified as binucleate Rhizoctonia (BNR) based on their morphological characteristics and nuclei staining. Hyphae of the isolates fused with an AG-A tester isolate. rDNA-ITS sequence (GenBank Accession No. KP893156) of isolate CP-Z exhibited 100% similarity with four Ceratobasidium sp. AG-A isolates. Strawberry seedlings inoculated with isolate CP-Z showed black root rot and died gradually.Binucleate Rhizoctonia was re-isolated from the ino-culated strawberry roots. This is the first report of BNR AG-A causing root rot of strawberry in China. The optimum temperature for mycelial growth of the pathogen is 25℃~28℃.