PROSPECTS OF ORGANIC AND INORGANIC SOIL AMENDMENT IN THE CONTROL OF TOMATO WILT DISEASE IN OGUN STATE.

The prospect of tolerant varieties of tomato in organic and inorganic amended soil was evaluated in two (2) agricultural zones of Ogun state. Experiments were sited in heavily infested fields in obete-Akanbi and Obete-Okeoja (Abeokuta zone) kobape, Igbotakun and Dadi-Igbotakun (Ikenne Zone) using two tolerant tomato varieties vis: JM94/54, CP94/10 and susceptible local in soil amended with either poultry manure (4 t/ha) or NPK 15:15:15 fertilizer (0.5 t/ha). Untreated plots served as the control. The design was randomized complete block replicated five times. There was a significant reduction in tomato wilt incidence in plots with tolerant tomato lins. Significantly superior yield value was obtained in poultry manure amended plots. The interactive effect of variety x poultry manure (V x Pm) was also significantly expressed over the other interaction. The significance of the result is discussed.