A Comprehensive Dataset of Tomato Plant Diseases for National Predictive Analytics and Crop Health Management.
Description
Tomato is one of the world's most valuable food crops, with the global market value projected to exceed US $166 billion in 2025 and annual production surpassing 180 million metric tons worldwide. This substantial economic impact is severely undermined by plant diseases, which can cause yield losses ranging from 30% to nearly 100% during severe epidemics of major pathogens like Late Blight making the development of reliable datasets crucial for effective disease management and enhancing decision-support systems. This dataset provides a systematically compiled and meticulously curated tabular resource on nine (9) economically important tomato diseases and pests: Early Blight, Late Blight, Leaf Miner, Leaf Mold, Mosaic Virus, Septoria, Spider Mites, Target Spot, and Yellow Leaf Curl Virus. The information was rigorously synthesized and validated from over 40 authoritative sources, including government agricultural portals, scientific articles, and peer-reviewed journals, and is organized in a columnar format. Each entry captures essential attributes for diagnosis and intervention, including visible symptoms (such as the distinct concentric rings of Early Blight or the white sporulation of Late Blight), favorable environmental conditions (like the warm, humid weather favoring Early Blight versus the cool, wet conditions favoring Late Blight), recommended physical and biological treatments, detailed pesticide and fungicide options with dosages standardized to the metric system, and crucial preventive measures like crop rotation and pruning. This openly available resource serves a critical dual utility, functioning as both an essential, field-ready reference guide for agricultural practitioners and a structured research resource for agronomists, data scientists, and plant pathologists developing novel crop protection strategies.