Plant Disease Research
  • Year: 2015
  • Volume: 30
  • Issue: 2

Reaction of muskmelon genotypes to Meloidogyne incognita and Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. melonis

  • Author:
  • Harjot Singh, N.K. Dhillon, Jaspal Kaur1, V.K. Vashisht2
  • Total Page Count: 6
  • Page Number: 163 to 168

1Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana-141004

2Department of Vegetable Science, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana-141004

Department of Plant Pathology, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana-141004

*E-mail: hssidhu-coapp@pau.edu

Online published on 24 February, 2016.

Abstract

Twenty muskmelon genotypes were screened against root knot nematode (Meloidogyne incognita) and wilt (Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. melonis) under pot house conditions in a replicated experiment. Results revealed that all muskmelon genotypes screened were found susceptible to both pathogens and showed reduction in growth parameters. wilt disease intensity in twelve genotypes increased in the presence of M. incognita. The wilt symptoms were also advanced and appeared earlier in combined inoculations as compared to individual Fusarium inoculations.

Keywords

Meloidogyne incognita, Cucumis melo, Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. melonis, wilt, muskmelon