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CORESTA Meeting, Agronomy/Phytopathology, Suzhou, 1999, AP47

Comparison of varieties and fumigation rates in Ontario

HAJI H.M.; BRANDLE J.E.
Southern Crop Protection and Food Research Centre, Delhi, Ontario, Canada.
Black root rot of tobacco, caused by the soil-borne fungus Thielaviopsis basicola is a serious problem in many tobacco growing regions of the world. In Ontario, the disease is prevalent on heavy or poorly-drained tobacco soils and during a cool wet season. Yield loss could be very severe under these conditions. In Ontario, fumigants containing chloropicrin are extensively used for controlling the disease. These chemicals, apart from controlling the disease reasonably well, are very expensive and could have a negative environmental impact. The work reported here was undertaken to study the performance of a resistant cultivar (AC-Gayed) grown under disease and disease free conditions in the absences of CP enhanced fumigation. The experiment was conducted for two years at two locations within each year. Two genotypes and three fumigation levels were used at each site using randomized complete block design with four replications. Data were recorded on yield, economic return and quality characteristic. The result shows that AC-Gayed can be produced without CP enhanced fumigants in both disease and non-disease conditions.