the use of sterile, well-drained, soilless media and drip irrigation provides increased protection from bacterial wilt ( Ralstonia solanacearum ), a soil-borne and waterborne disease common in the lowland tropics ( Champoiseau et al., 2009 ; RamÃrez
high tunnel growers in the region and confers resistance to fusarium wilt, verticillium wilt (race 1), and RKNs. ‘Cherokee Purple’ is a commonly grown indeterminate heirloom cultivar with no known resistance to soilborne pathogens. ‘Maxifort’ (De Ruiter
properties for increasing temperatures in production beds ( D’Addabbo et al., 2010 ). Solarization is a strategy used to reduce the soilborne pests and diseases such as Verticillium dahliae (verticillium wilt), Fusarium spp. (fusarium wilt), Phytophthora
with hypersensitive response); 2 = dark green, water-soaked lesion larger than the paper disc area, surrounded by pale yellow undefined borders; 3 = 15% to 49% of leaf area is wilted, scalded, or necrotic; 4 = 50% or more of the leaf is wilted, scalded
, mainly Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. niveum ; however, other pathogens such as Verticillium dahliae , Monosporascus cannonballus , Rhizoctonia solani , Meloidogyne incognita , and the melon necrotic spot virus (MNSV) also contribute to plant
wilt ( Verticillium albo-atrum Reinke & Berthier), anthracnose [ Elsinoe veneta (Burkholder) Jenk.], and a number of viruses affecting yield and longevity of plantings. The yield, which has averaged only 2845 kg·ha −1 over the past 5 years, is low
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higher nitrogen uptake efficiency ( Errebhi et al., 1999 , 1998 ), late blight resistance ( Colon and Budding, 1988 ), salinity tolerance ( Bilski et al., 1988 ), resistance to verticillium wilt [ Verticillium dahlia ( Lynch et al., 1997 ; Uribe et al
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