Bacterial wilt

Abstract

Bacterial wilt can be a very serious disease of a number of crops grown in the warmer parts of the world. It is caused by a bacterium Pseudomonas solanacearum which exists as a number of different forms or races, each attacking a number of susceptible crops. The most important crops affected by this disease are banana, ground nut, tobacco, tomato, eggplant, pepper and English potato.