Response of lines and varieties of tomato to root-knot nematode infection
Authors
H. M. Rohini K. Ekanayake
M. Di Vito
Abstract
Responses of four Italian inbred lines (81305/1, 81305/2, 81305/3 and 81305/4) and seven varieties (Brech, Rossol, Piersol, VFN 8, Atkinson, Nematex and Roma VF) of tomato, to five Italian Meloidogyne populations of M. incognita race 1 and race 2, M. javanica, M. arenaria and M. hapla were investigated under glasshouse condition at 23-25°C day and 15-18°C night temperatures. Except Roma VF, all the lines and varieties of tomato were resistant to M. incognita, M. javanica and M. arenaria and susceptible to M. hapla. Roma VF was susceptible to M. hapla population too.
