EVALUATION OF RESISTANCE TO BACTERIAL WILT AND VERTICILLIUM WILT IN EGGPLANTS (SOLANUM-MELONGENA L) COLLECTED IN MALAYSIA

Sixty accessions of eggplants collected in Malaysia were evaluated for their resistance to bacterial wilt, Verticillium wiilt and Fusarium w ilt, caused by Pseudomonas solanacearum, Verticillium dahliae and Fusa rium oxysporum, respectively. In the evaluation of the field infected with P. solanacearum, more than 60% of the accessions were resistant. Based on the evaluation at the seedling stage of the resistant accessi ons, LS1934 was judged to be the most resistant accession to bacterial wilt, but most of the same accessions were not resistant to Verticill ium wilt. LS2436 was the only accession with a relatively high resista nce to Verticillium wilt. LS1934 and LS2436 were also resistant to Fus arium wilt.