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Tomato with the botanical name Solanium<\/i>\u00a0lycopasicum<\/i>, is a fruit vegetable which can be grown in a well drain loamy soil with a moderate proportion of organic manure.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Tomato is an important fruit vegetable and growing it comes with a number of challenges, among which are diseases, pest control, adequate manuring to mention a few.<\/p>\n

In today’s article we are going to talk about one of the most important disease of a tomato plant.<\/p>\n

Bacterial wilt<\/h2>\n

Bacterial wilt (also known as Southern bacterial blight) is caused by a bacterium know as\u00a0Ralstonia<\/i>\u00a0<\/i>\u00a0solanacearum\u00a0<\/i>(<\/span>formally,\u00a0<\/span>Pseudomonas solanacearum). Ralstonia solanacearum <\/i>is a soil-borne microorganism which\u00a0gets into the plant through wounds caused by cutting, pest attack and transplanting.<\/span>Bacterial wilt is a dangerous disease. Its development is favoured by high moisture (water in soil pores) as well as high temperature.\u00a0 The bacterium\u00a0Ralstonia solanacearum<\/i>\u00a0which causes bacterial wilt normally blocks or clogs the vascular tissue of the stem of the plants and hinders the movement of water and nutrients within the plant, thus leading to rapid wilting and dying of the plant.<\/span><\/p>\n

\nRead also>>Causes of plant diseases<\/a>\n <\/p>\n

Symptoms of Bacterial wilt of tomato<\/span><\/h3>\n

As the name implies, wilting<\/b> is the leading symptom of this disease,\u00a0 brownish color may also appears inside the stem of infected plants. Also the plant may eventually die off in a severe case.<\/span><\/p>\n


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a tomato plant that is affected by bacterial wilt disease<\/span><\/p>\n

Prevention and control of bacterial wilt of tomato<\/span><\/h3>\n