<b>Reaction of yellow passion fruit to fusariosis-root-knot nematode complex</b> - DOI: 10.4025/actasciagron.v32i2.3445

Abstract

The present work was conducted in greenhouse conditions at APTA/Bauru, São Paulo State, during the first semester of 2007, with the objective of evaluating the resistance of two varieties of yellow passion fruit, Maguari and Afruvec, to the Fusarium solani-Meloidogyne incognita race 3 complex. The experimental delineation was entirely randomized in a 2 x 4 factorial arrangement, with 4-5 repetitions, with the plot constituted by 1 vase containing 1 plant. The appraised parameters in the assay were disease severity, caused by F. solani, measuring the lesion length (cm) in the collar zone of plants and number of galls formed by M. incognita race 3 in the root system. The two varieties of yellow passion fruit showed susceptibility to F. solani. Only in the Afruvec variety, the presence of nematode resulted in increase of fusariosis. As for resistance to the phytonematode, the Maguary variety was classified as resistant in the presence or absence of Fusarium. In contrast, for the Afruvec variety, the presence of Fusarium resulted in reduction of resistance to the nematode, going from moderately resistant to susceptible.