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Morphological Assessment of Resistance Potential in Tomato Against Early Blight Disease and Its Management

Morphological Assessment of Resistance Potential in Tomato Against Early Blight Disease and Its Management

Aysha Fatima1, Safdar Ali1, Saira Azmat2, Luqman Amrao1, Muhammad Usman Ghani3*, Yasir Iftikhar4, Muhammad Ahmad Zeshan4*, Adeel Ahmad5 and Humaira Kalsoom6

1Department of Plant Pathology, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad 38000, Pakistan; 2Agriculture Extension and Adaptive Research, Agriculture Department, Govt. of the Punjab, Lahore 50400, Pakistan; 3National-Regional Joint Research Center for Soil Pollution Control and Remediation in South China, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Integrated Agro-environmental Pollution Control and Management, Institute of Eco-Environmental and Soil Sciences, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, 808 Tianyuan Road, Tianhe District, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510650, China; 4Department of Plant Pathology, College of Agriculture, University of Sargodha, Sargodha 40100, Pakistan; 5Department of Agriculture, Superior University Lahore 54000, Pakistan; 6Pest Warning and Quality Control of Pesticides 21-Davis Road Garhi Shahu Lahore. Pakistan

 
*Correspondence | Muhammad Usman Ghani and Muhammad Ahmad Zeshan, National-Regional Joint Research Center for Soil Pollution Control and Remediation in South China, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Integrated Agro-environmental Pollution Control and Management, Institute of Eco-Environmental and Soil Sciences, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, 808 Tianyuan Road, Tianhe District, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510650, China; Department of Plant Pathology, College of Agriculture, University of Sargodha, Sargodha 40100, Pakistan; Email: muhammad.ahmad@uos.edu.pk, usmanghani43@gmail.com 

ABSTRACT

Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.); a vital member of Solanaceae family and commonly consumed vegetable worldwide. Early blight caused by the fungus Alternaria solani, with salient feature of target board effect or concentric rings is the most common foliar disease of tomato that reduces fruit yield. The present study was aimed at avoidance of fungicides and management of early blight through resistance source and nutrients. Tomato germplasm (Nadir F1, Naqeeb F1, Johir, Gohar, Walter Gaint FM9 and Money Maker) were screened against Alternaria solani to find out the resistance potential against early blight under field conditions. Data of disease severity and disease incidence was recorded fortnightly that showed only a single variety “Johir” expressed resistant (R) response out of 6 entries. The response of 2 varieties “Nadir F1 and Gohar” was tolerant, “Walter Gaint FM9” was susceptible (S) while “Naqeeb F1 and Money Maker” were highly susceptible (HS) against early blight. The varieties “Nadir F1, Naqeeb F1, Johir and Gohar” were used for management purpose. The plants were treated with zinc sulphate (ZnSO4), copper sulphate (CuSO4), manganese sulphate (MnSO4) and boric acid were used in different combinations i.e., T1 (ZnSO4+CuSO4), T2 (MnSO4+CuSO4), T3 (boric acid+CuSO4) and T4 (ZnSO4+MnSO4+CuSO4+BA). The combination of ZnSO4+MnSO4+CuSO4+BA showed minimum disease severity (5.85%) and disease incidence (23.15%) as compared to control (28.59%). The outcomes of present study would be the way forward for getting rid of irrational use of synthetic chemicals for disease management.

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Pakistan Journal of Agricultural Research

September

Vol.37, Iss. 3, Pages 190-319

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