Claim · model-written summary
Molecular characterization confirmed the pathogen as S. rolfsii.
- Taxon
- S. rolfsii
Agroathelia rolfsiie0 - Outcome
- confirmed the pathogen as S. rolfsiie0
- Value
- 98.8–99.0%e0
Verbatim
e0“Molecular characterisation confirmed the pathogen as S. rolfsii and antagonists as B. subtilis showing 98.8–99.0% nucleotide identity with reference sequences.”
t0“tomato collar rot”
Title
ANBU A; SANJEEVKUMAR K; BALABASKAR P; et al. The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences 2026. doi:10.56093/ijas.v96i02.172616
Other claims from this paper (12)
- Observation Keerapatti village had 47.53% tomato collar rot incidence.
- Observation Sr10 was the most virulent isolate, causing 62.30% disease incidence in pot experiments.
- Method / resource Molecular characterization confirmed the antagonists as B. subtilis.
- Observation B. subtilis isolate Bs3 showed 78.94% in vitro antifungal inhibition.
- Intervention effect B. subtilis isolate Bs3 secondary metabolites suppressed pathogen mycelial growth by 77.41%.
- Intervention effect B. subtilis isolate Bs3 secondary metabolites suppressed pathogen sclerotial formation by 84.40%.
- Observation B. subtilis antifungal compounds showed strong binding affinity with pathogen target proteins in molecular docking.
- Intervention effect The integrated B. subtilis and neem cake treatment reduced tomato collar rot incidence by 78.29% in pot trials.
- Intervention effect Treated tomato plants attained maximum plant height.
- Intervention effect Treated tomato plants attained maximum germination rate.
- Intervention effect Treated tomato plants attained maximum fruit yield.
- Recommendation The authors recommend integrating B. subtilis and neem cake as a sustainable alternative to chemical fungicides for tomato collar rot management.
