Integrated Management of Bacterial Spot on Tomato in Florida

, , , , , Mathews Paret, Jeffrey Jones, andGary Vallad

Release Date: 11/5/2019

Reviewed At: 5/6/2024

DOI: 10.32473/edis-pp353-2019

Agriculture

Abstract

Bacterial spot is one of the most detrimental diseases of tomato and is especially severe in the southeast United States when weather conditions (high temperature, high humidity, and rain) become conducive for disease development. This publication presents updated information about the causal pathogen and management of bacterial spot on tomato in Florida.

About this Publication

This document is PP353, one of a series of the Plant Pathology Department, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date November 2019. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication.

How to Cite

Strayer-Scherer, A., Liao, Y.-Y., Abrahamian, P., Timilsina, S., Paret, M., Momol, T., Jones, J., & Vallad, G. E. (2019). Integrated Management of Bacterial Spot on Tomato in Florida. EDIS, 2019(6), 8. https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-pp353-2019

Authors

Tim Momol

former professor, tomato disease management, UF/IFAS Plant Pathology Department, Gainesville, FL

Amanda Strayer-Scherer

graduate research assistant, Plant Pathology Department, UF/IFAS North Florida Research and Education Center, Quincy, FL

Ying-Yu Liao

former graduate research assistant, Plant Pathology Department, UF/IFAS North Florida Research and Education Center, Quincy, FL

Peter Abrahamian

former postdoctoral researcher, Plant Pathology Department, UF/IFAS Gulf Coast Research and Education Center, Wimauma, FL

Sujan Timilsina

former postdoctoral researcher, UF/IFAS Plant Pathology Department, Gainesville, FL

Mathews Paret

Specialist

University of Florida

professor and chair, pathogen diagnosis and management of specialty crops, UF/IFAS Department of Plant Pathology, Gainesville, FL

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Jeffrey Jones

Specialist

University of Florida

professor, bacteriology, UF/IFAS Plant Pathology Department, Gainesville, FL

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Gary Vallad

Contact

Specialist

University of Florida

professor, disease diagnosis and management, Department of Plant Pathology, UF/IFAS Gulf Coast Research and Education Center, Wimauma, FL

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