Developing Management Strategies for Bacterial Canker on Tomatoes

dc.contributor.author	Dillard, Helene R.
dc.date.accessioned	2017-03-09T19:36:03Z
dc.date.available	2017-03-09T19:36:03Z
dc.date.issued	2000
dc.description	Report
dc.description.abstract	The objective of this study was to identify sources of on-farm inoculum of Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. michiganensis (CMM), the causal agent of bacterial canker of tomatoes. Two hundred ninety seven samples from inanimate (swabbing from walls, floor, wood, hoses, etc.) and animate sources (weeds, other plants, tomatoes) from 3 commercial greenhouses were tested to see if they carried the CMM pathogen. A wide variety of methods were utilized in attempts to conclusively identify the bacteria, including an agglutination kit and a commercial diagnostic testing service that used a quick ELISA test. Any bacteria isolated that were likely to be the pathogen were further tested to see if they could cause disease on tomatoes. The various isolation procedures were cumbersome, slow, expensive, and difficult to interpret since none were diagnostic alone. The disease organism is difficult to isolate, identify conclusively, and even more difficult to prove to cause disease.
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/1813/46635
dc.language.iso	en_US
dc.publisher	New York State IPM Program
dc.subject	Agricultural IPM
dc.subject	Vegetables
dc.subject	Tomatoes
dc.subject	Greenhouse
dc.title	Developing Management Strategies for Bacterial Canker on Tomatoes
dc.type	report

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