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Studies on the control of bacterial wilt of tomato with reference to organic soil amendments and chemicals
(Department of Plant Pathology, College of Agriculture, Vellayani, 1977) Jayaprakash, M G; KAU; Rajan, K M
The pot culture and field experiments were conducted to assess the effort of organic soil amendments and chemicals on the incidence of bacterial wilt of tomato. The population dynamics in relation to the causal organism, total fungi, bacteria and actinomycetes were also studied. Theresult of the investigation revealed that organic materials did not chook the disease incidence to a satisfactory level . However , the application of organic material followed by the treatment with chlorotomycin and streptocycline gave a satisfactory control of the disease.