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Year: 2001 | Volume: 1 | Issue: 10 | Page No.: 949-950
DOI: 10.3923/jbs.2001.949.950
In vitro Control of Alternaria solani, the Cause of Early Blight of Tomato
Ashraf Saber Hawamdeh and Shabeer Ahmad

Abstract: In vitro control of Alternaria solani was studied with different fungicides. Using Poison Food Technique (PFT), seven fungicides, Antracol, Benlate, Copper oxychloride, Dithane M-45, Ridomil, Topas, and Topsin were evaluated at four different concentrations (250, 500, 750, and 1000 ppm) to control colony growth of fungi . The lowest colony growth was recorded in Dithane M-45 treatment at 1000 ppm, and the highest in treatment where no fungicide was used, indicating the significance of using fungicides in controlling early blight disease in tomato

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Ashraf Saber Hawamdeh and Shabeer Ahmad, 2001. In vitro Control of Alternaria solani, the Cause of Early Blight of Tomato. Journal of Biological Sciences, 1: 949-950.

Keywords: Tomato, early blight, alternaria solani, fungicides, in vitro control and Pakistan

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