Scenario of Early Blight and Leaf Curl of Tomato in Gwalior Districts of Madhya Pradesh

Alternaria solani causes disease of foliage (early blight), basal stems of seedling (collar rot), stem of adjust plant (stem lesion) and fruitrotoftomato.Amongthem,earlyblightisthemostdestructive. Presentinvestigationswereundertakentostudythediseaseincidenceof early blight in Gwalior districts, which ranged from 12.50 to 51.30%. Maximum disease incidence was recorded in Shyawari (51.30%), while minimum incidence was recorded in Duhiya (12.50%). The leaf curl disease of tomato ranged from 15.33 to 63.20% and maximum disease incidence of tomato leaf curl disease on tomato recorded in Ganpatpura (63.20%) while minimum disease incidence was recorded in Birampura (15.33%).