Associates of Tomato Pathogens
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| Diseased Leaf of Tomato infected by Plasmopara viticola |
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| Diseased Leaf of Tomato infected by Alternaria solani |
Leaf spot disease causes loss in productivity of the crop yield due to degradation of photosynthetic area. Downy mildew of tomato is caused by Plasmopara viticola. Disease severity is severe during rainy season in field condition and during winter in plastic houses (green house condition). Different factors affect the severity to cause a disease in plant. Factors like favourable climatic condition, optimum amount of pathogens, susceptibility of host plant, etc are not only the conditions to maximize the disease severity. Not a sole pathogen is singly responsible to cause a particular
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