CORESTA Congress, Shanghai, 2008, AP 21
Breeding a flue-cured tobacco variety with high bacterial wilt resistance to minimize the use of soil disinfectant
Japan Tobacco Inc., Leaf Tobacco Research Lab., Oyama, Tochigi, Japan.
Bacterial wilt ( Ralstonia solanacearum ) is the most serious soil-borne disease in growing areas of flue-cured tobacco in Japan. Chloropicrin (CCl3NO2) is widely used for soil disinfectation to control this disease in Japan, but the usage of...