Chilli pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) is one of the most important commercially cultivated and consumed vegetables in Turkey. During a disease survey, typical symptoms of fruit rot were observed on...

Fresh fruits and vegetables contaminated with microbial pathogens can cause outbreaks of food poisoning and other enteric diseases if consumed raw. In India microbial contamination was studied by culturing 25 g...

Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) originated in South America and is a major pest of the economically critical solanaceous crops. It is devastating to tomatoes, attacking mainly the leaves, stems, flowers...

Root-knot nematodes, particularly, Meloidogyne incognita, are among the most destructive endoparasitic nematodes, infecting a diverse range of plant hosts. Nematode-trapping fungi are known for their potential application as biological control agents...

Three fluorinated, one carbamate nematicide, as well as two biological control agents were tested in greenhouse trials to determine their efficacy against Meloidogyne incognita on tomato plants in three different soils. Each...

Soft rot is the most important bacterial disease of postharvest pepper during storage and transportation. Pathogens Pectobacterium carotovorum, Enterobacter sp., Klebsiella sp., Pseudomonas sp. and Bacillus sp. were verified to be the causes of soft rot which were isolated...

Botrytis cinerea, commonly known as grey mould, is a necrotrophic polyphagous pathogen belonging to the phylum Ascomycota. B. cinerea has a remarkable ability to infect a wide range of plant species, similar...

Tomatoes are frequently challenged by various pathogens, among which Phytophthora capsici (P. capsici) is a destructive soil-borne pathogen that seriously threatens the safe production of tomatoes. Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) positively induced plant...

Solarisation is a soil disinfection method consisting of covering a moistened soil with a thin transparent plastic film, for 4-6 weeks during the part of the year with the highest...

The use of pesticides in greenhouse vegetable cultivation is necessary and significant. However, traditional pesticide application methods such as the use of backpack sprayers with water-diluted pesticides have certain drawbacks,...