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Didymella lycopersici:

Pathogen ID : ToPDB_PD0024

Summary :

Kingdome: Fungi

Phylum : Ascomycota

Class : Dothideomycetes

Subclass : Pleosporomycetidae

Order: Saccharomycetales

Family : Incertae sedis

Genus: Didymella

Species : D. lycopersici

Bionomial Name : Didymella lycopersici

Synonymes : Ascochyta lycopersici , Diplodina lycopersici , Phoma lycopersici , Sphaeronaema lycopersici

Disease cause : Fruit rots, Blue mould rot and Didymella stem rot

Host distribution : Asparagus officinalis,Lycopersicon esculentum, Abelmoschus esculentus, Brassica rapa, Capsicum annuum Belgium, Carya illinoensis, Colocasia esculenta

Taxonomy :

Taxonomy ID : 27317

Lineage : cellular organisms; Eukaryota; Opisthokonta; Fungi; Dikarya; Ascomycota; saccharomyceta;

Saccharomycotina; Saccharomycetes; Saccharomycetales; Dipodascaceae; mitosporic Dipodascaceae; Geotrichum

Control:

Biocontrol: Bacterium Pseudomonas fluorescens WCS365 on the Composition of Organic Acids and Sugars in Tomato Root Exudate

Chemical control: fungicides- Prochloraz, Bromuconazol, Benomyl, Carbendazim, Fludiozonil

Bibliography :

An overview of the fungal rot of Tomato, Wani A.H. , Mycopath, 2012 ,9(1): 33-38.

Benzothiadiazole-Mediated Induced Resistance to Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. radicis-lycopersici in Tomato, Benhamou N. and Belanger R. R. , Plant Physiololy, 1998 ,118(4): 1203–1212. PMCID: PMC34736.

Streptomyces rochei ACTA1551, an Indigenous Greek Isolate Studied as a Potential Biocontrol Agent against Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. lycopersici, Kanini G. S. , Katsifas E. A. , Savvides A. L. and Karagouni A. D. , BioMed Research International , 2013 , 20109: 387230. PMCID: PMC3671524.

Sporulation of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici on Stem Surfaces of Tomato Plants and Aerial Dissemination of Inoculum, Katan T., Shlevin E. and Katan J. , Phytopathology, 1997, 87(7):712-9. PMID: 18945093.