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**Control of Bacterial Wilt of Tomato by Pseudomonas fluorescens in the Field**

M.A. Jinnah, K.M. Khalequzzaman, M.S. Islam, M.A.K.S. Siddique and M. Ashrafuzzaman

The experiments were conducted to evaluate the efficacy of antagonistic P. fluorescens in controlling wilt of tomato caused by R. solanacearum in the field. The tomato variety Manik showed 42.59% and Pusa Rubi showed 46.29% bacterial wilt. The lowest bacterial wilt incidence (35.18%) was recorded in T₂(soil drenching of P. fluorescens) and highest incidence was in control plot. Plant height, number of branches/plant, number of fruits/plant, total fruit weight/plant and fruit yield (t ha^–1) was significantly highest in T₂ and lowest was in untreated control (T₀). Soil drenching by using P. fluorescens suspension contained 10⁹ cfu/ml (T₂) may be used for controlling wilt and increasing yield of tomato.

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M.A. Jinnah, K.M. Khalequzzaman, M.S. Islam, M.A.K.S. Siddique and M. Ashrafuzzaman, 2002. Control of Bacterial Wilt of Tomato by Pseudomonas fluorescens in the Field. Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences, 5: 1167-1169.

DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2002.1167.1169

URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=pjbs.2002.1167.1169

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M.A. Jinnah

K.M. Khalequzzaman

M.S. Islam

M.A.K.S. Siddique

M. Ashrafuzzaman

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**Control of Bacterial Wilt of Tomato by Pseudomonas fluorescens in the Field**

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