ChileanJAR

The survival of Corynebacterium michiganense (Smith) Jensen, causal organism of tomato bacterial canker, was studied under field conditions in two types of soils belonging to the Santiago and Graneros soil series int he Chilean central valley.
The soil were artificially infected with rests of diseased tomato plants. Tomatoes were planted inmediately after infection and five, ten, and twelve months later to evaluate the persistence of the causal organism.
In the Santiago soil series the inoculum survived for ten months and in th Graneros series, for twelve.