APPENDIX I 
TOMATO DISEASES COMMONLY FOUND IN 
ENGLAND 
Name 
Causal Organism 
‘“‘ Damping off ” of seedlings (a) Phytophthora cryptogea 
* Foot rot ” or ‘“‘ Blackleg ” 
of young plants 
Fusarium root rot 
Colletotrichum root rot 
Verticillium wilt or “sleepy 
disease ”’ 
** Stripe ” 
** Mildew ”’ or “‘ leaf mould” 
Botrytis stem rot 
*“ Buckeye ” rot of the fruit 
Fusarium fruit rot 
Botrytis fruit rot 
Rhizopus fruit rot 
Penicillium fruit rot 
Pethybridge and Laf- 
ferty ; 
(b) Phytophthora parasitica 
Dastur ; 
(c) Rhizoctonia solani Kuhn 
(a) Phytophthora cryptogea 
Pethybridge and Laf- 
ferty ; -_ 
(b) Phytophthora parasitica 
Dastur 
Fusarium spp. 
Colletotrichum tabificum 
Pethybridge 
Verticillium albo-atrum 
Reinke and Berthold 
Bacillus lathyri Manns and 
Taubenhaus 
Cladosporium fulvum Cke. 
Botrytis sp. 
Phytophthora parasitica 
Dastur 
Fusarium spp. 
Botrytis sp. 
Rhizopus nigricans 
Penicillium sp. 
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