Anthracnose rot of tomatoes due to Colletotrichum phomoides (Sacc.) Chester.

The increasing importance of the tomato crop, both domestic and imported, has led to a greater appreciation of the need to combat, and eliminate, if possible, the diseases which are responsible for great losses in the field and in the stored and transported crop. The all-year-round demand for tomatoes for salad purposes necessitates the importation of these perishable fruits from distant southern regions to supply the winter market. This involves a considerable lapse of time between the harvesting of the fruit and its delivery to the consumer. [...