ALTERNARIA FRUIT ROT OF TOMATO (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) AND ITS MANAGEMENT
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Date
2008
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Anand Agricultural University, Anand
Abstract
The tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) is an important
vegetable fruit crop. The fruit rot caused by Alternaria alternata,
which adversely affect the fruit quality, quantity and ultimately
reduce the market value. Considering the high economic damage
and frequent occurrence of fruit rot caused by A. alternata in
field, during transit, storage and marketing, the detail study was
carried out on Alternaria fruit rot of tomato
(A. alternata). Freshly infected tomato fruits (Gujarat Tomato - 2)
showing typical Alternaria rot symptoms were collected from
Vegetable farm, AAU, Anand. The infected fruits show small black,
leathery, sunken spots near the stem end of fruits along with
concentric rings and in later stage covering the whole fruit by
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Plant Pathology,, Management