Three Soilborne Tomato Diseases Caused by Ralstonia and Fusarium Species and their Field Diagnostics

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.