Efficacy of Different Bio Control Agents against Meloidogyne incognita and Fusarium oxysporum on Tomato

Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) is one of the most popular vegetable crops grown in the world, next to potato. It is used as a fresh vegetable and also can be processed and canned as a paste, juice, sauce, powder or as a whole (Barone and Frusciante, 2007). The ripe fruits are good source of vitamin A, B and C which add wide varieties of colour and flavour to the food. Recently, it started gaining more medicinal value because of the antioxidant property of ascorbic acid and lycopene content (Anon, 2002). Tomatoes are parasitized by a number of pathogens, including Fusarim oxysporium f. sp. lycopersici (Sacc. W.C. Snyder et al., 2003), the causal agent of fusarium wilt, is one of the most important pathogen of tomato (Jones et al., 1982). Due to high temperature and humidity, Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici can cause significant damage. Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici is soil borne pathogen which can persist for many years in the soil without host. Most infections originate from the population associated with infected tomato debris. Healthy plants can become infected by Fusarium oxysporum if the soil, is infested with the pathogen (Farr et al., 1989). Browning of the vascular tissue is International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN: 2319-7706 Volume 6 Number 8 (2017) pp. 1980-1984 Journal homepage: http://www.ijcmas.com