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The celebrity tomato is a cultivar of the species Solanum lycopersicum. It is a crossbreed of the common tomato that is widely used for various culinary purposes. This tomato is of great size and is known to be resistant to most tomato diseases such as Fusarium wilt, Verticillium wilt, Tobacco mosaic virus and Root-knot nematode due to its ...
Ten common tomato problems/diseases include: blossom end rot, cat facing, blossom drop, cracked fruit, sunscald, yellow, spotty or wilted foliage, dark spots on fruit, leaf roll, poor fruit set ...
The corky root rot became one of the most serious diseases of tomato because growers used the inoculated soil without any type of disease management. [10] For instance, this occurred in Sweden when monoculture of tomatoes resulted in a yield reduction of 30-40%.
Darkening lesions on tomato leaves Advanced necrosis on tomato leaf. Stemphylium solani is of greatest concern in tomatoes, potatoes, peppers, garlic, onions, and cotton, though a wide range of over 20 species have proven susceptible. In tomatoes and potatoes, the resulting disease is known as grey leaf spot. In alliums it is known as leaf ...
The problem will progress up the plants until they’re virtually bare. General-purpose garden fungicides will control this late-spring disease that is made worse by water on leaves. Spider mites.
Alternaria solani is a fungal pathogen that produces a disease in tomato and potato plants called early blight. The pathogen produces distinctive "bullseye" patterned leaf spots and can also cause stem lesions and fruit rot on tomato and tuber blight on potato. Despite the name "early", foliar symptoms usually occur on older leaves. [3]
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It was the most popular variety of tomato in the world, according to Thomas J. Orton, a professor in the department of plant biology and pathology at Rutgers University. [6] The Rutgers tomato, at its peak, made up more than 60% of all commercial tomato sales. [7] The Rutgers tomato plummeted in popularity with commercial farmers in the 1960s.