Open AccessScreening of Tomato Cultivars for Resistance to Pulsarium Wilt in Eastern States of Nigeria
Author(s) -
M. Y. Nwaiwu,
A. E. Arinze
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
acta agrobotanica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.4
H-Index - 9
eISSN - 2300-357X
pISSN - 0065-0951
DOI - 10.5586/aa.1993.006
Subject(s) - cultivar , wilting , fusarium wilt , biology , horticulture , pathogenicity , plant disease resistance , fusarium oxysporum , microbiology and biotechnology , gene , biochemistry
The causual organism of the out-break of wilt disease of tomato in the Imo and Rivers States of Nigeria was identified as Fusarium pallindoroseum (Berk and Rav) Booth and Sutton, and its pathogenicity was established. Experiments were designed to screen five tomato cultivars for resistance to F. pallidoroseum. Four methods were employed in the screening experiments. The results of all the methods used showed the cultivar IFe-l as the most susceptible (65 %) while the Chef Cultivar was the most resistant with less than 10 % of the test plants wilting