Methyl Bromide Alternatives for Controlling Fusarium Wilt and Root Knot Nematodes in Tomatoes in Turkey

Development of a TaqMan Real‐Time Polymerase Chain Reaction Assay for Detection and Quantification of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici in Soil

“…; Yucel et al. ). Various alternative methods have been suggested to manage Fusarium wilt of tomato (Huang et al.…”

“…Although several potential soil fumigation substitutes for methyl bromide have proven effective to reduce the incidence of Fusarium wilt of tomato (Yucel et al. ), the fumigation substitutes may have little success because of rapid recolonization of fumigated soil by the sporulation of FOL on plant stems (Katan et al. ).…”

“…Management of tomato Fusarium wilt is challenging and has become one of the limiting factors for global tomato production due to the phase-out of methyl bromide, which was successfully used for decades to manage FOL in infested fields (Gilreath et al 2004;Yucel et al 2009). Various alternative methods have been suggested to manage Fusarium wilt of tomato (Huang et al 2012).…”

“…However, these methods may not thoroughly eliminate FOL in soils (Jones et al 1991;Chellemi et al 1997). Although several potential soil fumigation substitutes for methyl bromide have proven effective to reduce the incidence of Fusarium wilt of tomato (Yucel et al 2009), the fumigation substitutes may have little success because of rapid recolonization of fumigated soil by the sporulation of FOL on plant stems (Katan et al 1997). In addition, soil fumigation is expensive, and social, environmental and regulatory concerns increasingly oppose the use of such chemicals (Gamliel et al 2000).…”

Effects of banana wilt disease on soil nematode community structure and diversity

“…Complex infection of green gram and pigeonpea by fungi inducing Fusarium wilt and root-knot nematode, Meloidogyne incognita, severely restricted plant root growth and decreased annual yield loss by 40 to 80% (Haseeb et al, 2005;. Yucel et al (2009) reported that tomato wilt disease was hastened considerably in the presence of M. incognita and Meloidogyne javanica, which created a food base for Fusarium oxysporum and increase their invasive potential.…”