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A greenhouse technique to screen pigeonpea for resistance to Heterodera cajani

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-7348.1991.tb05635.x
 
Title A greenhouse technique to screen pigeonpea for resistance to Heterodera cajani
 
Creator Sharma, S B
Ashok Kumar, P
McDonald, D
 
Subject Pigeonpea
 
Description Heterodera cajani is an important nematode pest of pigeonpea in India and a simple and reliable greenhouse procedure has been developed to screen pigeonpea genotypes for resistance to it. In pot experiments, white cysts of H. cajani were counted on the roots of the susceptible genotype ICPL 87 at 15, 30 and 45 days after seedling emergence in soils infested with different levels of H. cajani. The seedlings were rated for the number of white cysts per root system on a one (highly resistant, no cysts) to nine (highly susceptible, more than 30 cysts) scale. White cysts were not easy to see on wet roots but were clearly visible on slightly dried roots. Cyst counts and ratings were more uniform when roots of 30 day old seedlings were evaluated than when 15 or 45 day old seedlings were examined. Effects of different H. cajani infestation levels on the ratings were not significant although the use of higher inoculum densities (16 to 27 eggs and juveniles/cm3 soil) was effective in reducing variability. This procedure was used to screen 60 pigeonpea genotypes and all of them were rated seven or nine. Ten accessions of Atylosia spp. and Rhynchosia spp. were rated three.
 
Publisher Association of Applied Biologists
 
Date 1991
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/2810/1/JA_1071.pdf
Sharma, S B and Ashok Kumar, P and McDonald, D (1991) A greenhouse technique to screen pigeonpea for resistance to Heterodera cajani. Annals of Applied Biology, 118 (2). pp. 351-356. ISSN 1744-7348