Wilts

Contributor: Institut de Recerca i Tecnologia Agroalimentaries
Date Compiled: 2025
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Verticillium wilt of tomato Image copyright: Mary Mendi Kinuthia, Kenya

Prevention

Solution Production stage (if possible with reference to BBCH scale)
Avoid water stagnation and limit irrigation
From Sowing/Planting to Harvest
Crop rotations
Pre-season

Solution Production stage (if possible with reference to BBCH scale)
Use resistant or tolerant varieties
Sowing/Planting

Monitoring

Solution
Observation: presence/absence

Control

Solution Production stage (if possible with reference to BBCH scale)
Solarize the ground with transparent PE film with a thickness of mm 0.035-0.050 during the months of June-August for at least 50 days.
Pre-season

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Solution Product Category Production stage (if possible with reference to BBCH scale) Max nb. of a. i. application/year Application Details and Notes (commercial product example) Risk resistance (FRAC Code)
Bacillus subtilis strain QST 713
Microbiological fungicide
from BBCH 00 to BBCH 13
6
(SERENADE® ASO) Dosage: 4-8 L/ha.
Resistance not known (BM02)
Bacillus amyloliquefaciens spp. plantarum strain D747
Microbiological fungicide
8
(VALCURE) Dosage: 2 - 5 L/ha
Trichoderma asperellum & Trichoderma atroviride
Microbiological fungicide
The first application, of 1kg/ha, will be made at the time of the transplant and the rest 0.5 kg/ha at intervals of 15-30 days. Maximum dose: 3 kg/ha and crop.
5 per crop cycle
(TUSAL) Dosage: 0,5 - 1 kg/ha
Trichoderma asperellum (ICC012) + Trichoderma gamsii (ICC080)
Microbiological fungicide
Apply by wetting the substrate in pre-sowing or pre-transplanting and repeat at planting or transplanting.
2 per crop cycle
(BLINDAR) Dosage 2,5 kg/ha
Clonostachys rosea strain J1446
Microbiological fungicide
BBCH 15-89
4-6
(PRESTOP® ) Dosage: 2,5 - 10 Kg/ha
Bacillus amyloliquefaciens subsesp. plantarum (strein D747)
Microbiological fungicide
1 - 6
(AMYLO-X WG® ) Dosage: 1,5 - 2,5 Kg/ha
The information made available here has been obtained from or is based upon sources believed by CABI to be reliable but is not guaranteed as to accuracy or completeness. Anyone acting or relying on such information does so entirely at their own risk. The efficacy of the IPM methods included above will depend on local conditions and might not always be suitable everywhere within the specified country.