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Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) is a species of the familyEight botanicals were screened in vitro, out of these, four were selected based on their performances and evaluated against the bacterial soft rot of storage tomato at 2, 4, and 8 days after inoculation. Maximum zone of inhibition was obtained with treated Control (T 0b =17 mm), followed by Turmeric 30% (T 4 =12.4 mm), Turmeric 20% (T 3 =11 mm), then Neem 30% (T 6 ) while the least zone of inhibition was recorded with untreated Control/water (T 0a =0.4 mm) followed by Lemon 30% (T 12 =1 mm). Turmeric 30% (T 4 ) proved to be best botanical under screening followed by Turmeric 20% (T 3 =11mm). In case of mean disease intensity at eight days after inoculation on storage tomato, highest mean value was recorded in Ginger 30% (T 2 =46.2) followed by Neem 20% (T 5 =44.2) and lowest value in Streptomycin (T 0b =27), followed by Turmeric 20% (T 3 =27.6) then Turmeric 30% (T 4 =27.8). Among the botanicals, the lowest disease intensity was with T 3 =27.6 followed by T 4 = 27.8.

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The study was conducted to investigate efficacy of Integrated disease management (IDM) viz., solarized soil, Trichoderma harzianum, spent mushroom compost and carbendazim on growth characteristics of infected tomato by Fusarial wilt (Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. lycopersici) under pots conditions in the Bio-net house during 2013-2014. Seven treatments and five replicates were taken up in completed randomized design. Maximum shoot length, fresh and dry shoot weight were noticed in T4 (solarized soil+ Spent mushroom compost+ T. harzianum) 118.10 cm, 67.25 and 42.20 g respectively as compared to T. harzianum or spent mushroom compost that alone treated plants. Maximum root length, fresh and dry root weight were also recorded in T4 (solarized soil+ spent mushroom compost+ T. harzianum) 28.35 cm, 4.65 and 2.55 g respectively. The yield of tomato plants was significantly increased in T6 (tomato plant alone without Fusarium oxysporum) 170.15 g/plant followed by T4 137.52 g/plant as compared with T0-Fusarium oxysporum alone and T1-Solarized soil + Fusarium oxysporum 0.0 g.