Asian Journal of Bio Science

A. A. Chavan ¹, G. D. Deshpande ¹, S. N. Zagade ¹, P. K. Mane ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Plant Pathology, College of Agriculture, Marathwada Agricultural University, Parbhani (M.S.), IN

Abstract

Tomato crop face the problem of pre-emergence damping off and post emergence damping off, reducing production of tomato crop. Damping off of seedlings in crop is caused by a group of fungi belonging to class oomycetes amongst which Pythium species are most important. There are two clear phases of the damping off i.e. pre-emergence and post-emergence.

Keywords

Phythium ultimum, Host Plants, Seedling Mortality.

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