UTILIZATION OF BIO-FUMIGANTS IN THE MANAGEMENT OF BACTERIAL WILT CAUSED BY Ralstonia solanacearum ON TOMAT O
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2016-08-05
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UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES GKVK, BENGALURU
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Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) is the world's largest vegetable crop after potato
and sweet potato, but tops the list of canned vegetables. The total global area under
tomato is 46.16 lakh hectares and the global production is 1279.93 lakh tons. Among the
major tomato producing countries India occupies second position after China (Anon.,
2014).
In India, tomato is considered one of the most important vegetable crops and is
cultivated in an area of 88 lakh hectares with production of 18735.9 metric tons with a
productivity of 21.2 t/ha. India accounts 11.5 per cent of total production in the world.
(Anon., 2014).
Karnataka state enjoys a prominent position in Horticultural map of India with an
area of 14.30 lakh acres and total production of 114.30 metric tons of different
horticultural produce. Area under tomato cultivation is 61.04 lakh hectares with an annual
production of 2086.38 metric tons in the state. Thus, Karnataka account 11.04 per cent of
total tomato production in India.
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