Assessment of Resistance to Bacterial Wilt Disease in Brinjal (Solanum melongena L.)
K.T. Prakash, Shivashankar ., P.H. Ramanjini Gowda
Abstract
In a line x tester analysis, 11 parents and 18 crosses of brinjal were evaluated for bacterial wilt resistance. High per cent survival was recorded among the resistant lines West Coast Green Round (WCGR) and SM-6. Among the testers, only Taiwan Naga exhibited high per cent survival. Out of the 18 hybrids, only three hybrids WCGR x Taiwan Naga, SM-6 x Taiwan Naga and WCGR x Ceylon were found resistant and two hybrids WCGR x P-18 and SM-6 x Ceylon recorded moderate resistance
Full Text: PDF