Tomato is one of the widely produced and consumed vegetable in Kenya with nearly every household in demand of this noble fruit. However its production is capital intensive and can be challenging if the requisite knowledge and expertise is not available or effectively put to use. In our journal today we examine the key tomatoes diseases and the necessary remedies to guarantee ample yields and happy farmers from Green lifer crop protection Africa-Your growth, our growth.
We start off with Tomato yellow leaf spot disease, this starts by affecting the older leaves with greenish yellow spots begging from the top of the leaf. Progressively the spots become dark with affected blossom also turning black and falling off. Disease also affects the fruits.
Tomato Early blight-disease characterized by brown spots with dark concentric rings surrounded by a chlorotic halo. The disease spreads rapidly affecting the leaves, the stem and finally the fruits. You have to move fast especially during the hot and humid conditions which propel rapid spread of this problem across the fields.
Tomato Grey molds –appear as velvet dense grey spores that turn black upon maturity on the crop. Disease is amplified faster during hot and humid weather. Affected crop loses foliage at a fast rate and impacts negatively on photosynthesis. Immature fruits fail to expand due to deprived nutrition.
Greenlife Crop Protection Africa Ltd ensures your total protection against this key diseases through provision of innovative affordable products available in agro dealers’ shops across the region. Trinity Gold® 452 WP, ensures triple action against the above diseases effectively preventing, curing and eradicating the fungi spores. Trinity Gold® 452 WP comprises three active ingredients – Mancozeb (prevents disease set in), Cymoxanil (cures and eradicates the disease and finally copper a key item that blocks sporulation on the crop. Trinity gold is available in all packs -100gm, 500gm and 1kg for a disease free crop.
TRINITY GOLD® 452WP is a highly effective protectant and systemic fungicide/bactericide which prevents fungal and bacterial infection on a wide range of diseases on various crops including roses, carnations, French beans, tomatoes, coffee and onions.
