Extension on Tobacco

Conduct onfarm tests. Examples include:

• Evaluation of disease management strategies for tobacco seedlings in greenhouses
• Evaluation of Varietal Resistance to Black Shank and Granville Wilt
• Evaluation of chemical control to Black Shank and Granville Wilt
• Evaluation of management strategies for Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus

Organize the following events:

Tobacco Day

Tobacco Tour

Publications (published or updated once a year):

• Tobacco Disease Annual Report
• Tobacco Tour book
  Tobacco Disease Information book
• Tobacco Disease management, in Flue cured tobacco guide
• Tobacco Disease control, in North Carolina Agricultural Chemical Manual

Collection of Tobacco pathogens:

• Phytophthora nicotianea
• Ralstonia solanacearum
• Rhizoctonia solani