ISSN:
1573-5060
Keywords:
Lolium perenne
;
perennial ryegrass
;
L. multiflorum
;
Italian ryegrass
;
Festuca pratensis
;
meadow fescue
;
F. arundinacea
;
tall fescue
;
Festuca × Lolium hybrids
;
Phleum pratense
;
timothy
;
Dactylis glomerata
;
cocksfoot
;
Meloidogyne naasi
;
root-knot nematode
;
resistance
;
selection
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition
Notes:
Summary Reactions of 13 grasses to Meloidogyne naasi varied with species; ryegrasses, fescues and their hybrids were generally susceptible and cocksfoot and timothy resistant. Marked variation in host resistance levels occurred between genotypes within cultivars. Selection of single plants, followed by tests on replicate tillers, identified resistant and susceptible genotypes in both Italian and perennial ryegrass cultivars. Resistant plants had few nematode-induced galls and fewer females and eggs than susceptibles. There was more or less continuous variation, with many genotypes intermediate between extremes of resistance and susceptibility. Selected resistant and susceptible genotypes are of use in assessing variation in nematode populations and as controls for breeding and selection programmes.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00037906
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