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FIELD EVALUATION OF ´GUARDIAN´™ PEACH ROOTSTOCK TO DIFFERENT ROOT-KNOT NEMATODE SPECIES
Article number
713_44
Pages
303 – 310
Language
English
Abstract
Advanced lines of Guardian (i.e., SL2891 and SC 3-17-7) and Lovell peach rootstocks were evaluated for their susceptibility and growth response to Meloidogyne incognita (GA-peach isolate) and M. javanica (NC-tobacco isolate) 23 months after inoculation in field microplots.
Results indicate that there was a significant interaction between nematode and rootstock for above-ground tree growth.
Growth suppression, as measured by trunk diameter and fresh shoot weight of SC 3-17-7 was greater (P<0.05) in the presence of M. javanica as compared to the presence of M. incognita or to the uninoculated plots. Guardian line SL2891 growth was not affected by either nematode when compared to the uninoculated plots.
Tree growth of Lovell was suppressed by both M. incognita and M. javanica when compared to the uninoculated plots.
Below-ground growth suppression, as measured by dry root weight, was greater in Lovell than in either SC 3-17-7 or SL2891 regardless of nematode species.
No difference in dry root weight was detected between the two Guardian lines.
Root galling occurred on all rootstocks tested with either M. incognita or M. javanica. Root galling was more abundant on Lovell, intermediate on SL2891 and least abundant on SC 3-17-7. Similar results were also detected for number of eggs per gram dry root weight regardless of nematode species.
In another microplot study, M. floridensis and M. incognita did not suppress tree growth of SC 3-17-7, Nemaguard, or Flordaguard rootstocks as compared to the uninoculated control. Meloidogyne floridensis reproduced on all 3 rootstocks, with greatest number of eggs per gram dry root being produced on GuardianTM and Nemaguard.
Results indicate that there was a significant interaction between nematode and rootstock for above-ground tree growth.
Growth suppression, as measured by trunk diameter and fresh shoot weight of SC 3-17-7 was greater (P<0.05) in the presence of M. javanica as compared to the presence of M. incognita or to the uninoculated plots. Guardian line SL2891 growth was not affected by either nematode when compared to the uninoculated plots.
Tree growth of Lovell was suppressed by both M. incognita and M. javanica when compared to the uninoculated plots.
Below-ground growth suppression, as measured by dry root weight, was greater in Lovell than in either SC 3-17-7 or SL2891 regardless of nematode species.
No difference in dry root weight was detected between the two Guardian lines.
Root galling occurred on all rootstocks tested with either M. incognita or M. javanica. Root galling was more abundant on Lovell, intermediate on SL2891 and least abundant on SC 3-17-7. Similar results were also detected for number of eggs per gram dry root weight regardless of nematode species.
In another microplot study, M. floridensis and M. incognita did not suppress tree growth of SC 3-17-7, Nemaguard, or Flordaguard rootstocks as compared to the uninoculated control. Meloidogyne floridensis reproduced on all 3 rootstocks, with greatest number of eggs per gram dry root being produced on GuardianTM and Nemaguard.
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Authors
A.P. Nyczepir, T.G. Beckman, G.L. Reighard
Keywords
Meloidogyne incognita, M. floridensis, M. javanica, pathogenicity, peach, Prunus persica, resistance
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