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Comparative tolerances of two Cucumis species to salinity, Rhizoctonia solani and Meloidogyne incognita

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 October 2013

Barakat E. Abu Irmaileh ,
Akel N. Mansour ,
Luma S. Al Banna  and
Huda O. Badwan
Barakat E. Abu Irmaileh*
Affiliation:
Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan
Akel N. Mansour
Affiliation:
Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan
Luma S. Al Banna
Affiliation:
Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan
Huda O. Badwan
Affiliation:
Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan
*
* Corresponding author. E-mail: barakat@ju.edu.jo
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Abstract

The search for disease resistance in wild types is continuing, in order to introduce resistant genes from wild relatives. In this study, we found that the wild melon Cucumis prophetarum was comparably more tolerant to salinity, the damping-off disease caused by the fungus Rhizoctonia solani and the root-knot nematode Meloidogyne incognita. The percentage of wild melon survival was 60% compared to that of the cultivated cucumber Cucumis sativus, which was 15%, when irrigated with NaCl at a concentration of 2500 ppm; and 96% for the wild melon compared with 44% for the cultivated cucumber when irrigated with CaSO4.2H2O at a concentration of 1000 ppm. Wild melon plants were more tolerant to R. solani attack, as only 20% of the plants were infested compared with 100% of infestation observed for the cultivated cucumber. The average number of nematode galls was 250 per plant on the cultivated cucumber when compared with 6.3 per plant on the wild species. Wild melon could be a potential source of resistant or tolerant genes that can be transferable to cultivated cucumbers.

Keywords

calcium sulphateCucumis prophetarum L. and Cucumis sativus L. tolerancecultivated cucumberdamping offnematoderesistancesalinitysodium chloridewild melon
Type
Research Article
Information
Plant Genetic Resources , Volume 12 , Issue 2 , August 2014 , pp. 178 - 184
Copyright
Copyright © NIAB 2013 

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