In this study, screening of 15 Phaseolus vulgaris cultivars and genotypes (Zülbiye, Kınalı, Perla, Kwintus, Özayşe, Tokat Sırık, Musica, Şelale, Nadide, Gina, Serra, Karabağ, Funda, and Lepus) and 1 Pisum sativum cultivar (Araka) for host suitability to 4 rootlesion nematodes, Pratylenchus thornei, P. crenatus, P. neglectus, and P. penetrans, was carried out in 2010 and 2011 under controlled conditions. | Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry Turk J Agric For (2014) 38: 455-461 © TÜBİTAK doi: Research Article Screening of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) cultivars against root-lesion nematode species* 1, 1 1 2 3 Mehmet Ali SÖĞÜT **, Fatma Gül GÖZE , Tufan ÖNAL , Zübeyir DEVRAN , Muhammet TONGUÇ 1 Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Süleyman Demirel University, Isparta, Turkey 2 Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey 3 Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture, Süleyman Demirel University, Isparta, Turkey Received: Accepted: Published Online: Printed: Abstract: In this study, screening of 15 Phaseolus vulgaris cultivars and genotypes (Zülbiye, Kınalı, Perla, Kwintus, Özayşe, Tokat Sırık, Musica, Şelale, Nadide, Gina, Serra, Karabağ, Funda, and Lepus) and 1 Pisum sativum cultivar (Araka) for host suitability to 4 rootlesion nematodes, Pratylenchus thornei, P. crenatus, P. neglectus, and P. penetrans, was carried out in 2010 and 2011 under controlled conditions. The experiment was set up in a completely randomized block design with 7 replicates. Approximately 1000 adults + juveniles + eggs of root-lesion nematodes in 10 mL of distilled water were inoculated around the base of each bean seedling. The experiments were harvested after a 10-week duration. Nematodes were extracted from soil and roots by modified Baermann funnel technique and counted under a light microscope. Common bean cultivars and genotypes showed differences in host suitability in the 4 root-lesion nematodes. Pratylenchus penetrans reproduced on Zülbiye, Kınalı, Nadide, Gold Nectar, Karabağ, and Funda. Additionally, P. penetrans had a reproduction index value of slightly higher than 1 on Tokat Sırık, Şelale, and Serra. However, Gina, Musica, Perla, Kwintus, and Özayşe showed poor .
