Abstract
Among many diseases that reduce tomato yield, in this review we focus on three soilborne diseases and their field diagnostics (Table 1) and management recommendations: bacterial wilt, fusarium wilt, and fusarium crown and root rot. This document is Fact Sheet PP-205, one of a series of the Plant Pathology Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. Published February 2005.
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