Roasting soil helps deal with bacterial wilt
Soil heating system. Bacterial wilt is one of the soil-borne diseases that attack tomatoes, potatoes, pepper, capsicum, among other solanaceae family crops. Bacterial wilt causes massive loses and there is no effective remedy against this infection. Farmers and agribusiness companies are roasting soil to kill the Ralstonia solanacearum bacteria before growing their tomatoes. Wycliffe Obwoge, …