Download - Diseases of Solanaceous Crops
Sanitation Increase plant spacing Reduce plant canopy
density Avoid overhead watering Resistant varieties Fungicides
Management of Foliar & Fruit Diseases
Management of Root Knot Nematodes
Resistant varieties Rotation Green manures Remove infected plants (esp. roots) Trap crops Summer fallow, solarization
Management of Fusarium Wilt
Resistant varieties Rotation Maintain soil pH near 7 Use calcium nitrate
Management of Southern Blight
Do not plant tomatoes after susceptible crops (peppers, eggplant, etc.)
Use calcium nitrate Physical barrier at stem Bury sclerotia
Management of Southern Bacterial Wilt
Rotation: minimum of 3 years Use: corn, beans & cabbage Do Not Use: pepper, eggplant, potato
Resistant (partial) tomato varieties:Neptune (Southern Exposure Seed Exchange) BHN 466 & 669 (BHN)FL 7514 (Rupp)
Management of Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus
Resistant varieties Manage thrips: metallized
mulches, insecticides Remove plants immediately after
harvest
Amelia (Harris Moran) Bella Rosa (Sakata) BHN 444 (BHN) BHN 602 (BHN) BHN 640 (BHN) Crista (Harris Moran) Finishline (Harris Moran)
Fletcher (NCSU) Florida 7964 (UF) Mountain Glory (NCSU) Red Defender (Harris
Moran) Redline (Rogers) Talladega (Rogers) Top Gun (Seminis)
TSWV-Resistant Tomato Varieties
TSWV-Resistant Pepper Varieties
Excursion II (Abbott & Cobb) Heritage (Harris Moran) Plato (Seminis) Stiletto (Rogers)
Declaration (Harris Moran) Magico (Harris Moran)