Evaluation of host status of garlic varieties for a plant-parasitic nematode, <i>Ditylenchus destructor</i>, by using in vitro inoculation.

ABSTRACT: Ditylenchus destructor is a plant-parasitic nematode that severely damages garlic (Allium sativum L.) in Japan. D. destructor is detected in roots, bulbs, and outer bulb skins of garlic at harvest; however, the resistance of garlic to D. destructor infection is not well understood. Here, we investigated the propagation of D. destructor in storage organs and roots using in vitro plantlets of six Japanese garlic varieties to exclude the effects of microbes and to uniform growing conditions. In vitro inoculation can proceed simultaneously with vegetative growth, storage organ formation of garlic plantlets, and D. destructor infection. In 'Fukuchi-white', a variety susceptible to D. destructor, nematodes successfully propagated in storage organs

SUBMITTER: Tadamura K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11500592 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature