pest and diseases of tomato and their control methods
Pests and diseases of Tomato
The following are a lists of tomato pests and diseases and their control methods
Cricket and Beetle pest of tomatoes
Effects of cricket and beetle pests of tomato
These eat up leaves or cut off young seedlings and cause damage to crops.
How to Control Cricket and Beetle pest of tomatoes:
Spray with insecticides, e.g. Vetox 85
Diseases of Tomato and control methods
Fusarim Wilt (root rot):
Fusarim Wilt (root rot) is a fungal disease (Fusarium oxysporium) which is spread by wind.
Symptoms of Fusarim Wilt (root rot) of tomato
Symptoms of Fusarim Wilt (root rot) of tomato include gradual dropping of leaves followed by wilting and drying up of leaves of the whole plant.
Control of Fusarim Wilt (root rot) of tomato
Treat soil with copper fungicide
Practice crop rotation
Root knot disease of tomato and control methods:
Root knot disease of tomato is caused by a nematode. Roots develop galls or knots with yellow, curled leaves and dwarf plants.
Control of Root knreadour artiisease of tomato
Treat soil with nematicide
Plant resistant varieties
In order to Practice crop rotation
Bacterial wilt disease of tomato:
Bacterial wilt disease of tomato is caused by a bacterium called pseudomona solaraceurium. It is transmitted through the soil and it attacks roots.
Symptoms of Bacterial wilt disease of tomato:
Symptoms Bacterial wilt disease of tomato include wilting of the leaf, death of the affected plant, and slimy exudation from the stem
How to Control Bacterial wilt disease of tomato
Practice crop rotation
Avoid infected soil
Leaf spot disease of tomato:
Leaf spot disease is caused by a fungus called Chadosporium spp.
Leaf spot disease is an air borne disease whose spores are deposited on leaves of tomatoes
Symptoms of Leaf spot disease of tomato
Symptoms of Leaf spot disease of tomato
include circular white patches which appear on the leaves.
Dead spots also appear on the leaves
Control of Leaf spot disease of tomatoes
To control leaf spot disease of tomato, the following methods should be applied
Use copper fungicides like Perenox and Bordeaux mixture
Practice crop rotation
Use resistant varieties
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