THE DEVELOPMENT OF JUVENILES OF HETERODERA-SCHACHTII IN ROOTS OF RESISTANT AND SUSCEPTIBLE GENOTYPES OF SINAPIS-ALBA, BRASSICA-NAPUS, RAPHANUS-SATIVUS AND HYBRIDS
Clc. Lelivelt et J. Hoogendoorn, THE DEVELOPMENT OF JUVENILES OF HETERODERA-SCHACHTII IN ROOTS OF RESISTANT AND SUSCEPTIBLE GENOTYPES OF SINAPIS-ALBA, BRASSICA-NAPUS, RAPHANUS-SATIVUS AND HYBRIDS, Netherlands journal of plant pathology, 99(1), 1993, pp. 13-22
The development of Heterodera schachtii Schm. (beet cyst nematode, BCN
) juveniles in roots of resistant and susceptible genotypes belonging
to cruciferous crop species and hybrids was studied from 4 to 28 days
after inoculation. No difference in root penetration by larvae was obs
erved between resistant and susceptible plants. The development of nem
atodes in roots from resistant plants of Raphanus sativus L., resistan
t X Brassicoraphanus Sageret and a resistant hybrid X Brassicoraphanus
X Brassica napus L. was similar. BCN resistance in these three source
s of plant material appeared to be related to an increased male:female
nematode ratio as compared to the ratio found in susceptible R. sativ
us plants. Also in resistant plants of Sinapis alba L. and a resistant
intergeneric hybrid S. alba x B. napus the increase in male:female ne
matode ratio, as compared to the ratio found for susceptible S. alba c
ultivars and a susceptible intergeneric hybrid S. alba X B. napus, see
med to be related with the observed resistance. In roots of the resist
ant S. alba and of a resistant hybrid S. alba X B. napus, however, BCN
resistance might also be due to a slower development of larvae and in
creased necrosis of root cells at the site of larval penetration.