Fusarium 

wilt of tomato is a very difficult disease to treat because the pathogen spreads within
the vascular tissues causing the plant to die. It also causes a high loss in yield in
many tomato growing regions worldwide

Cyanobacteria mediated plant growth

promotion and bioprotection against
Fusarium wilt in tomato
 Radha Prasanna, 
 Vidhi Chaudhary, 
 Vishal Gupta, 
 Santosh Babu, 
 Arun Kumar, 
 Rajendra Singh, 
 Yashbir Singh Shivay & 
 Lata Nain 

 Fusarium wilt challenged tomato plants, and the Anabaena spp. (RPAN59/8)

amended composts significantly reduced mortality in fungi challenged
treatments, besides fungal load in soil.

Cyanobacteria amended composts also led to an enhancement in soil organic

C, nitrogen fixation, besides significant improvement in growth, yield, fruit
quality parameters, N, P and Zn content.

The reduced disease severity coupled with improved plant growth/ yields,
elicited by cyanobacterial treatments, illustrated the utility of such novel
formulations in integrated pest and nutrient management strategies for
Fusarium wilt challenged tomato crop.
A review on possible elicitor molecules
of cyanobacteria: their role in improving
plant growth and providing tolerance
against biotic or abiotic stress

S. Singh
First published: 28 July 2014
 
https://doi.org/10.1111/jam.12612

Many of the elicitors and signalling compounds involved in phytochemical response have been
identified, belonging to the groups of carbohydrate, lipids, glycolipids or glycoproteins (Ebel and
Cosio 1997; Hahn 2013).