EPIDEMIOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT OF EARLY BLIGHT [Alternaria solani (Ellis and Martin) Jones and Grout] IN TOMATO (Solanum lycopersicum L.)
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2019
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DEPARTMENT OF PLANT PATHOLOGY B. A. COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE ANAND AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY, ANAND
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Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) is one of the most remunerative and widely grown vegetables in the world. It is a small annual or short-lived perennial herb belonging to the family Solanaceae. It is a regular kitchen component of Indian diet which is used as raw fruit. The attractive red colour of the fruit is due to lycopene and the yellow colour is due to carotenes. Hence, tomatoes are called “poor man’s apple”. The crop is affected by a number of diseases of which early blight incited by Alternaria solani is an economically important disease. Airborne nature of the pathogen creates difficulties for effective disease management. Considering the importance of the disease, the present study on various aspects of the disease was carried out in Department of Plant Pathology, B. A. College of Agriculture, Anand Agricultural University, Anand-388 110 during 2018 and 2019 for developing an effective and economical management strategy for the disease.