Reaction of snap bean to Meloidogyne javanica and M. paranaensis in greenhouse - doi: 10.4025/actasciagron.v33i2.6146

Abstract

Root-knot nematodes (Meloidogyne sp.) are responsable for low productivity on bean culture, where the losses caused by this pathogen can reach 90%. The present study aimed to evaluate the behavior of six bean lineages (‘Hav 06’, ‘Hav 11’, ‘Hav 28’, ‘Hav 50’, ‘Hav 69’ and ‘Torino’) against the parasitism of M. javanica and M. paranaensis. The lineages were inoculated with 5,000 eggs and possible juveniles of each nematode in a completely randomized design, with 10 replications per treatment with the nematodes and 10 replications per treatment without inoculation (control). Forty-five days after inoculation, the roots systems were collected, washed and evaluated for egg production and estimated reproduction factor (RF). The results showed that, for M. javanica, the RF varied from 0.02 to 0.05, while for M. incognita the variation was from 0.04 to 0.36, showing that all snap bean genotypes were resistant, presenting a RF < 1.