Screening of cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) cultivars against southern root knot nematode, Meloidogyne incognita (Kofoid and White) Chitwood

Authors

  • Ifra Siddique Department of Plant Pathology, The University of Agriculture, Peshawar, Pakistan
  • Ishrat Naz Department of Plant Pathology, The University of Agriculture, Peshawar, Pakistan
  • Raja Asad Ali Khan Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Institute of Vegetable and Flower, Beijing, P.R. China
  • Musharaf Ahmed Department of Plant Pathology, The University of Agriculture, Peshawar, Pakistan
  • Syeda Maryam Hussain Department of Livestock, Management, Animal Breeding and Genetics, Faculty of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Sciences, The University of Agriculture, Peshawar, Pakistan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/bjb.v49i3.49642

Keywords:

Meloidogyne incognita, Cucumber, Resistant germplam, Eco-friendly management, Nematode

Abstract

Fourteen cultivars of cucumber were screened for their resistance to the Southern root-knot nematode, Meloidogyne incognita (Kofoid and White) Chitwood in an in planta experiment. The pots were maintained in greenhouse with CRD for 50 days after inoculation. The cultivar DS92-05 induced significant mortality and was rated “moderately resistant (MR)”. This cultivar showed increase in plant growth parameters including vine length. The cultivars DS92-06, Laghman, Sultan and Desitype were moderately susceptible (MS). The cultivar Rehan and DS96-299 were rated susceptible (S) whereas DS97-299, Chaiya, Beitalpha, Alto, DS92-04 and Local were rated as highly susceptible (HS). DS92-05 is thus promising for sustainable agriculture, specially in those areas with high population density of Southern Root knot nematode.

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Published

2020-09-20

How to Cite

Siddique, I., Naz, I., Khan, R. A. A., Ahmed, M., & Hussain, S. M. (2020). Screening of cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) cultivars against southern root knot nematode, Meloidogyne incognita (Kofoid and White) Chitwood. Bangladesh Journal of Botany, 49(3), 579–584. https://doi.org/10.3329/bjb.v49i3.49642

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Vol. 49 No. 3 (2020)

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