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Ansari Et Ric Tonnes of Grain Hellenic Plant Protection Journal 11: 9-18, 2018 DOI 10.2478/hppj-2018-0002 Resistance screening of lentil cultivars against the root-knot nematode Meloidogyne incognita T. Ansari, M. Asif* and M.A. Siddiqui Summary The root-knot nematode Meloidogyne incognita is a major soil parasite of lentil crops. In- creasing restrictions of chemical nematicides have triggered a growing attention and interest in alter- nate root-knot nematode management. The present study was conducted to examine the level of re- sistance and/or susceptibility of fi ve lentil cultivars (PL-456, KLS-218, Desi, DPL-62, Malika), grown in pots, against the root-knot nematode M. incognita. Root-knot nematode reproduction and host dam- age were assessed by recording the nematode infestation levels and reduction percentage of plant growth parameters. Nematode response and plant growth diff erentiated amongst the lentil cultivars. None of the cultivars was found immune or highly resistant. The cultivar Malika was found moderate- ly resistant as it showed the lowest number of galls and egg masses/root as well as the lowest reduc- tion of plant fresh weight (10.4%) and dry weight (6.9%). On the other hand, the cultivar Desi manifest- ed the highest susceptibility exhibiting the highest number of galls and egg masses. There was a sig- nifi cantly negative correlation between the number of galls and plant growth parameters (plant fresh and dry weight and plant height). Additional keywords: cultivars, lentil, Meloidogyne incognita, resistance, root-knot nematode Introduction control because of their short life cycle, high population densities and reproductive po- Lentil (Lens culinaris Medik.) is one of the tential (Sikora and Fernandez, 2005). The im- most important pulse crops and a major mense loss caused by root knot nematodes source of protein (30% weight, second pro- can be minimized by using various strategies tein content legume after soybeans) for the such as soil treatment with chemicals, bio- predominant vegetarian population of In- control agents (Vagelas and Gowen, 2012), dia. India ranks second (after Canada) in cultural practices such as crop rotation, an- lentil production, with lentil cultivation oc- tagonistic plants (Hussain et al., 2011), re- cupying an area of 1,800,000 hectares and sistant cultivars (Tariq et al., 2016) and soil annual production reaching 1,100,000 met- amendments (Asif et al., 2017a, b; Ansari et ric tonnes of grain. The average yield is al., 2016), which are common methods of 6000kg/ha (FAO, 2014). Lentils are an im- nematode control. portant source for the Indian household in- Synthetic nematicides can rapidly re- come. duce nematode population. However, their Meloidogyne spp. cause yield losses in indiscriminate and consistent use can be pulses, which are estimated annually up to toxic to benefi cial soil fl ora and fauna, and 20-35% (Gaur et al., 2001). In India, the aver- may induce emergence of resistant plant age loss caused by root-knot nematodes on parasitic nematodes (Akhtar, 1991). Never- pulses may be 14.6%, and could go as high theless, nematode infestation levels in soil as 50-80% in some crops (Bhatti, 1992). could be reduced by using resistant cul- Root-knot nematodes are diffi cult to tivars with crop rotation strategy of non- hosts. According to Oostenbrink (1966), the cultivation of a resistant cultivar may sup- Section of Plant Pathology and Nematology, Depart- press the nematode population by 10-50% ment of Botany, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India. of its harmful density. Susceptibility of dif- * Corresponding author: [email protected] ferent pulse crops has been reported by sev- © Benaki Phytopathological Institute 10 Ansari et al. eral researchers such as Pandey et al. (2016) completely randomized design (CRD). The and Montasser et al. (2017). Sasser (1954) experiment had four replications per culti- found that the roots of resistant plants were var and it was repeated twice in time. Three not invaded as rapidly as susceptible ones. weeks after seed germination, thinning was Such variability in tolerance might be relat- performed, leaving one plant per pot. Two ed to their genetic makeup, coding for a re- days after thinning, approximately 1500 sec- sistance mechanism possessed by the par- ond stage juveniles of M. incognita were pi- ticular cultivar (Anwar and McKenry, 2007). petted around each plant by making holes All cultivars referred as resistant to root-knot in soil. A total of eight plants (four inoculat- nematodes have comparatively better crop ed and four uninoculated) of each cultivar yield as compared to susceptible cultivars were used for this experiment. The uninocu- (Mukhtar et al., 2014). lated plants served as controls. Ninety days The present investigation was carried out after inoculation, the plants were uproot- as a resistance screening of fi ve of the most ed gently from the pots and diff erent plant commonly grown cultivars of lentil in India growth parameters were noted. against Meloidogyne incognita (Kofoid and Varietal response against M. incognita in- White) Chitwood under greenhouse condi- festation of diff erent crops is accessed on tions with a view to better exploit the use of the basis of growth parameters and nema- most resistant cultivars for the suppression tode reproduction parameters (Hayat, 2011). of root-knot nematodes in integrated man- Hence, in the present study data were re- agement programmes. corded for plant growth viz., shoot height and root length, dry and fresh shoot and root weight, number of pods, number of Materials and Methods nodules per root system, weight of 100 seeds and nematode reproduction parame- Meloidogyne incognita was collected from ters like number of egg masses, number of naturally infested eggplant (Solanum me- eggs/root system, root-knot index and fi nal longena L.) fi elds near Punjipur village, Ali- nematode population. Physiological param- garh (U.P). Meloidogyne incognita was mass eters like chlorophyll content (MacKinney, cultured from a single egg mass on a sus- 1941) and carotenoid content were also esti- ceptible variety of tomato, S-22, in a green- mated. The percent increase and reduction house of the Section of Plant Pathology and in the growth parameters over the control Plant Nematology, Department of Botany, were calculated by using the formula A.M.U., Aligarh. Second-stage juveniles (J2) were obtained from hatched eggs by incu- % reduction or increase = bating handpicked egg masses in sterile dis- tilled water at 28 ± 1°C. Uninoculated - Inoculated x 100 Seeds of fi ve lentil cultivars namely, PL- ( Uninoculated ) 456, KLS-218, Desi, DPL-62 and Malika were obtained from the Indian Institute of Puls- (Irshad et al., 2012; Mukhtar et al., 2014). es Research, Kanpur, India as these are most Analysis of Variance was conducted and commonly grown and chief cultivars con- the Duncan’s Multiple Range Test was em- cerning with the productivity of lentil in In- ployed for the comparison of means be- dia. Lentil seeds of all fi ve cultivars were sur- tween the cultivars according to Critical face sterilized with 0.1% mercuric chloride Diff erence (C.D.) at P=0.05 level. To detect and sown in clay pots of 15cm diameter con- relation between the parameters, Pearson taining 1kg sterilized sandy loam soil. Four correlation and multiple linear regression lentil seeds of each cultivar were sown per was performed. The data were analysed us- pot, which was considered one replication. ing SPSS 12.00 software (SPSS Inc., Chicago, The pots were placed in a greenhouse at a IL, USA). © Benaki Phytopathological Institute Resistance of lentil cultivars to root-knot nematodes 11 Results er shoot compared to the other cultivars. These heights diff erentiated in the follow- None of the cultivars was found immune ac- ing descending order: KLS-218, PL-456, DPL- cording to the rating scale of Table 1 based 62 and Desi (Table 3). on number of galls on the root system (Ta- Prior to the infestation by the nematode, ble 2). The resistance rating of the cultivars the root length of the cultivars Malika, KLS- was: Malika (moderately resistant), KLS-218 218, PL-456 was signifi cantly higher than the (moderately susceptible), PL-456 (moder- one of the cultivars DPL-62 and Desi. After ately susceptible), DPL-62 (susceptible), Desi infestation, Malika had the least reduction (susceptible). The same trend was observed in root length as compared to the other cul- for the egg masses and the nematode pop- tivars (Table 3). ulation per root system (Table 2). The cultivar Malika had signifi cantly The cultivars Malika, KLS-218, PL-456 had heavier shoot fresh and dry weight than the a comparable shoot height before infesta- other cultivars both before and after nem- tion by M. incognita, which was signifi cant- atode infestation. The cultivars had the fol- ly higher than the one of the DPL-62 and lowing decreasing order in shoot fresh and Desi. After infestation by the nematode, Ma- dry weights: KLS-218, PL-456, DPL-62 and lika continued to have signifi cantly high- Desi. A similar trend was also observed in Table 1: Rating scale for the assessment of level of resistance of plant cultivars against root- knot nematodes, based on number of galls (Sasser and Taylor, 1978). Root knot Index No. of galls/root system Resistance rating 00 Immune 1 1-2 Highly Resistant 2 3-10 Moderately Resistant 3 11-30 Moderately Susceptible 431-100Susceptible 5>100Highly Susceptible Table 2. Reproduction of the root-knot nematode Meloidogyne incognita on fi ve lentil culti- vars and resistance rating of the nematode. No. of No. of eggs/ Nematode Number of Cultivars egg masses/ Reaction egg mass population galls root Control - - - - Desi Susceptible Inoculated 112±0.43a 196±0.40a 2000±0.42a 43±0.84a Control - - - - DPL-62 Susceptible Inoculated 89±0.48b 154±0.45b 1692±0.32b 35±0.76b Control - - - - Moderately PL- 456 Inoculated 58±0.72c 97±0.46c 1590±0.21bc 24±0.72c Susceptible Control - - - - Moderately KLS- 218 Inoculated 26±0.88d 69±0.68d 1440±0.25cd 16±0.88d Susceptible Control - - - - Moderately Malika Inoculated 8±1.20e 25±1.15e 1161±0.19 e 6±1.00e Resistant Values are mean of eight replicates.
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