Comportamento de variedades de cana-de-açúcar ao parasitismo de Meloidogyne incognita e M. enterolobii

Abstract

The development of resistant varieties is one of the most important alternative for rot-knot management on sugarcane fields. The present work had as objective to evaluate the development of the sugarcane varieties RB92579, RB93509, RB867515 and SP81–3250 under different densities of M. incognita and M. enterolobii, as well the genotypes effect on nematode reproduction, under greenhouse. One month old plants had the soil infested with increasing inoculum densities (0, 5000, 10000 and 20000eggs and juveniles per plant), in a completely randomized design, with evaluations 90 days after. The RB varieties presented higher fresh shoots biomass weight than SP813250 when parasited by M. enterolobii. Meloidogyne enterolobii had the life cycle completed in RB863129, SP813250 and RB867515, in contrast to RB92579. In relation to M. incognita, RB92579 stood out presenting the highest height, stalk number, stalk diameter and fresh root biomass weight. RB863129 presented lower gall index than the other varieties and lower number of eggs per root than RB867515 and SP813250. SP813250 showed the lowest stalk diameter and number, the lowest number of shoot and fresh root biomass and the highest number of eggs per plant. Plant growth was not affect by inoculum density of M. incognita or M. enterolobii. Inversely to M. enterolobii, plants parasited by M. incognita presented gall index higher than 3 and high reproduction factors. No models fitted either M. incognita or M. enterolobii population density to evaluated variables.