Abstract
Tomato (Solanum lycopersicon Mill) an edible fruit is one of the most important tropical vegetable crops widely consumed in several food forms throughout the world. The fruits are rich in essential vitamins, minerals and phytonutrient such as lycopene. The study was conducted at the central Laboratory Unit of the National Root Crop Research Institute (NRCRI) Umudike, and the Screen-house of the University to evaluate the effect of the different agro-waste-derived biochar on the incidence and severity of Fusarium crown rot and root rot of tomatoes incited by Fusarium oxyporum f.sp radicsi-lycopersici in Umudike. The result showed that biochar sourced from rice husk, saw dust and siam weed substantially (P≤0.05) reduced the growth in vitro and incidence and severity of the disease in vivo in a manner comparable to Furadan. Conversely cassava peels-derived biochar was least in fungitoxicty. Similarly, the various sources of biochar demonstrated varied effects on the vine growth and the flower production of tomato plants with increasing days after inoculation (DAI); with saw dust, siam weed, and rice husk supporting a better performance of the crop in the field than the other treatments. However, cocoa husk maintained a moderate but persistent toxicity against Fusarium oxypporum f.sp radicsi-lycopersici in vitro and in vivo. Therefore, low input farmer of sub Saharan Africa could use biochars sourced from rice husks, saw dust, and siam weed to effectively manage Fusarium crown and root rot disease of tomato caused by Fusarium oxysporum f.sp radicsi-lycopersici so as to improve productivity of the crop.
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Claims 9
Claim · model-written summary
Rice husk biochar reduced Fusarium growth in vitro and tomato disease incidence and severity in vivo.
- Taxon
- Tomato
Solanum lycopersicumt0 - Treatment
- rice huske0
- Outcome
- growth in vitro and incidence and severity of the disease in vivoe0
- Direction
- reducede0
- Comparator
- Furadane0
FusariumOrganisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“biochar sourced from rice husk, saw dust and siam weed substantially (P≤0.05) reduced the growth in vitro and incidence and severity of the disease in vivo in a manner comparable to Furadan.”
t0“Tomato”
t1“Fusarium Crown and Root Rot of Tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Saw dust biochar reduced Fusarium growth in vitro and tomato disease incidence and severity in vivo.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- saw duste0
- Outcome
- growth in vitro and incidence and severity of the disease in vivoe0
- Direction
- reducede0
- Comparator
- Furadane0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“biochar sourced from rice husk, saw dust and siam weed substantially (P≤0.05) reduced the growth in vitro and incidence and severity of the disease in vivo in a manner comparable to Furadan.”
t0“Fusarium Crown and Root Rot of Tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Siam weed biochar reduced Fusarium growth in vitro and tomato disease incidence and severity in vivo.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- siam weede0
- Outcome
- growth in vitro and incidence and severity of the disease in vivoe0
- Direction
- reducede0
- Comparator
- Furadane0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“biochar sourced from rice husk, saw dust and siam weed substantially (P≤0.05) reduced the growth in vitro and incidence and severity of the disease in vivo in a manner comparable to Furadan.”
t0“Fusarium Crown and Root Rot of Tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Cassava peel biochar had the least fungitoxicity.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- cassava peels-derived biochare0
- Outcome
- fungitoxictye0
- Direction
- leaste0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Fusarium Crown and Root Rot of Tomato”
e0“Conversely cassava peels-derived biochar was least in fungitoxicty.”
Claim · model-written summary
Saw dust biochar supported better tomato vine growth and flower production than other treatments.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume1
- Treatment
- saw duste0
- Outcome
- vine growth and the flower productione1
- Direction
- bettere0
- Comparator
- the other treatmentse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“saw dust, siam weed, and rice husk supporting a better performance of the crop in the field than the other treatments.”
e1“the various sources of biochar demonstrated varied effects on the vine growth and the flower production of tomato plants”
Claim · model-written summary
Siam weed biochar supported better tomato vine growth and flower production than other treatments.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume1
- Treatment
- siam weede0
- Outcome
- vine growth and the flower productione1
- Direction
- bettere0
- Comparator
- the other treatmentse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“saw dust, siam weed, and rice husk supporting a better performance of the crop in the field than the other treatments.”
e1“the various sources of biochar demonstrated varied effects on the vine growth and the flower production of tomato plants”
Claim · model-written summary
Rice husk biochar supported better tomato vine growth and flower production than other treatments.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume1
- Treatment
- rice huske0
- Outcome
- vine growth and the flower productione1
- Direction
- bettere0
- Comparator
- the other treatmentse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“saw dust, siam weed, and rice husk supporting a better performance of the crop in the field than the other treatments.”
e1“the various sources of biochar demonstrated varied effects on the vine growth and the flower production of tomato plants”
Claim · model-written summary
Cocoa husk biochar maintained moderate persistent toxicity against Fusarium in vitro and in vivo.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- cocoa huske0
- Interactor
- Fusarium oxypporum f.sp radicsi-lycopersicie0pathogen
- Outcome
- toxicity against Fusarium oxypporum f.sp radicsi-lycopersicie0
Not reportedComparatorDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Fusarium Crown and Root Rot of Tomato”
e0“cocoa husk maintained a moderate but persistent toxicity against Fusarium oxypporum f.sp radicsi-lycopersici in vitro and in vivo.”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors recommend rice husk, saw dust and siam weed biochars for tomato Fusarium disease management.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume0
- Interactor
- Fusarium oxysporum f.sp radicsi-lycopersici
_(Fusarium_oxysporum_f.sp._batatas)_1234227-PPT-Clemson_University.jpg?width=60)
Fusarium oxysporume0pathogen - Outcome
- manage Fusarium crown and root rot disease of tomatoe0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
_(Fusarium_oxysporum_f.sp._batatas)_1234227-PPT-Clemson_University.jpg?width=500)
Verbatim
e0“could use biochars sourced from rice husks, saw dust, and siam weed to effectively manage Fusarium crown and root rot disease of tomato caused by Fusarium oxysporum f.sp radicsi-lycopersici”
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