Ph.D. dissertation on early blight disease to be defended at the College of Agricultural Engineering Sciences.

The College of Agricultural Engineering Sciences at the University of Baghdad witnessed the defense of a Ph.D. dissertation titled “Efficacy of Certain Endophytic Bacteria Isolated from Tomato Plants in Controlling Early Blight Disease Caused by the Fungus Alternaria solani on Tomato Plants Under Protected Cultivation Conditions”** by student Abdul Jabbar Saleh Ahmed from the Department of Plant Protection.

The study aimed to isolate bacteria from healthy tomato plant tissues, test their efficacy in inhibiting the pathogenic fungus in vitro, molecularly identify the efficient isolates, and examine their ability to reduce the disease’s development through pot and greenhouse experiments.

The researcher recommended studying the environmental factors affecting the growth and development of the pathogenic fungus and maximizing their use for controlling early blight disease. He also suggested testing the potential of endophytic organisms isolated from a specific plant in controlling diseases affecting that plant.

Congratulations to the student on this achievement!