Master Thesis at the Faculty of Agriculture to study the resistance of Botryis cinerea, the cause of gray rot on tomatoes in green houses in Najaf

   The student Ahmed Abdel-Karim Abdel-Moneim from the Department of Plant Protection discussed the Master Thesis tagged ( resistance to the fungus Botryis cinerea, which  causes the gray mold on the tomatoes in green houses in Najaf )

Due to the expansion of the production of vegetables, including tomatoes in Iraq, especially in protected agriculture in recent years, diseases have emerged of little importance in open fields, but have become important in protected crops to provide the appropriate environmental conditions and those diseases gray mold caused by the mushroom Botryis cinerea , .

The objective of the current study is to find an effective method of combating gray mold disease on the plant of the tomato with environmentally friendly and economical factors that are low and easy to apply. These goals also include isolating and diagnosing the cause of the gray mold disease, knowing the ability of the biochemical resistance factors which included   T. rhizianum  and  A. chroococcum  inhibition Mushrooms B. cinerea  field