What You Should Know About Tomato Bacterial Canker

Learning objectives

• Explain what 'tomato bacterial canker' is and why it is a concern for Minnesota communities.

• Describe what tomato bacterial canker looks like, and the steps to take to diagnose it.

• Explain the best practices on how to prevent or manage tomato bacterial canker.

Let's dig in

• Review common questions on tomato bacterial canker from Yard and Garden News

• Learn how to recognize and treat tomato bacterial canker from the University of Minnesota Extension

• Read about the cause, disease development, and management (PDF) from the University of Kentucky Extension

Apply What You've Learned

Questions to consider and/or discuss:

• What role does crop rotation and sanitation play in the management of bacterial canker of tomato?

• Why is it important that infected plant residue be buried or composted on site?

• Gardeners are often concerned about the safety of eating tomato fruit from a diseased plant. What recommendations can you offer?

• This disease showed up in community gardens, what recommendations could you make to help community gardens prevent plant diseases and deal with an outbreak of bacterial canker of tomato?

Facilitator's guide

This guide provides the steps to take, including discussion techniques with key questions, to facilitate a group of adult learners through a process of analyzing and reflecting on tomato bacterial canker. View the facilitator's guide.