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ABSTRACT
The objective of this study was to determine how the responses of two tomato cultivars to Ralstonia solanacearum relate to their leaf infrared temperature and acquiring of nutrients from soil. Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) cultivars of disease susceptible-‘FL 47’ and resistant-‘H 7998’ were grown in soil inoculated with R. solanacearum. Bacterial wilt incidence, leaf infrared temperatures, and uptake of nutrients were measured for 28 d. In bacterial wilt-resistant cultivar ‘H 7998’, concentration of sulfur (S; +77%), calcium (Ca; +66%), boron (B; +60%) were found higher and nitrogen (N; −26%) were found lower, compared with susceptible ‘FL 47’. Infrared temperatures were correlated with wilt percentage at 14 d, but not at 7 d. These results provide evidence that there is a correlation between bacterial wilt resistance and translocation of some nutrients in the shoots. Additionally, data indicates that the infrared thermometer could only detect wilting after obvious symptoms were visibly incited by R. solanacearum in tomato.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
We thank N. Guner (Sakata Seed, Ft. Myers, FL) for providing the seeds.