Screening of interspecific hybrids and their parents for resistance to phomopsis blight in brinjal

Authors

  • Pradip Karmakar Department of Vegetable Science, College of Agriculture,G. B. Pant Univ. of Agric. & Tech., Pantnagar, Uttarakhand-263145 Author
  • YV Singh ICARIndian Institute of Vegetable Research (IIVR), Shahanshahpur, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh-221305 Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.61180/2mvg4c39

Keywords:

Brinjal, wild relatives, interspecific hybrids, phomopsis blight, resistance

Abstract

The present investigation was conducted to screen two commercial cultivars Pant Rituraj, Pant Samrat and wild relatives viz. Solanum gilo, S. aethiopicum and S. khasianum; and their interspecific hybrids against phomopsis blight. Highly significant mean squares for
resistance to leaf, stem and shoot; and fruit infestation activities indicate the presence of sufficient natural variation among 20 brinjal  resistant breeding. For leaf infestation, stem infestation and fruit infestation either S. gilo or S. khasianum had highest value of plant showing resistance rated as highly resistant. Among the F1 hybrids Pant Rituraj × S. gilo, S. gilo × S. melongena, S. aethiopicum × Pant Samrat, S. aethiopicum× S. gilo, S. gilo × Pant Samrat were identified as highly resistant.Among the F1 hybrids, crosses involving S. gilo
as one of the parent showed high level of resistance against phomopsis blight. Successful gene transfer from these wildm atives is possible through back cross except from S. khasianum which needs the support of biotechnological tools.

Published

2017-06-30

How to Cite

Karmakar, P., & Singh, Y. (2017). Screening of interspecific hybrids and their parents for resistance to phomopsis blight in brinjal. Vegetable Science, 44(01), 38-41. https://doi.org/10.61180/2mvg4c39

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