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Evaluation of the Reaction of Various Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) Cultivars to the Meloidogyne incognita and Ralstonia solanacearum Disease Complex under Field Conditions

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The performance of various potato cultivars in response to disease pressures from Meloidogyne incognita (MI) and Ralstonia solanacearum (RS) is believed to be different. The experiment was laid out in a randomised complete block design (RCBD) with three replications. A total of 13 potato cultivars during the main cropping season were assessed. The mean squares values from the analyses of variance for MI, RS, and plant parameters of potato cultivars at the two hot spot sites, ‘Kersa’ and ‘Arbarakate’ for the two pathogens showed highly significant (P < 0.01) differences among cultivars in terms of response to pathogens and plant parameters. At ‘Kersa’, all of the tested potato cultivars were classed as ‘moderately resistant’. However, ‘Gudenie’ and ‘Belete’ were classed as ‘resistant’ to RS. At ‘Arbarakate’, ‘Belete’, and ‘Bubu’ were classed as ‘resistant’ to MI, while ‘Gudenie’, ‘Belete’, and ‘Bubu’ were classed as ‘resistant’ to RS. At ‘Kersa’, ‘Gudenie’ recorded the highest mean values (25.5 t ha−1) of marketable tuber yield (MY) and total yield (TY) (39.2 t ha−1). At ‘Arbarakate’, the highest mean value (49.6 t ha−1) of TY was registered from the cultivar ‘Bubu’. TY had a negative phenotypic correlation with the pathogen’s parameters but a positive with plant parameters. ‘Gera’ was the most distant from all tested cultivars with Euclidean distance = 30.8. These assessments provide information for breeders for further improvement through selection.

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Raw data were generated at Haramaya University. Derived data supporting the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author [Tasew Getu] on demand.

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Acknowledgements

This work is part of a Ph.D. dissertation of the first author. The authors are thankful to the Ministry of Science and Higher Education (MoSHE) and Haramaya University (HU) for their extended material, technical, and financial support in carrying out this study.

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  1. Plant Protection Program, School of Plant Sciences, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Haramaya University, PO. Box 138, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia

    Tasew Getu & Awol Seid

  2. Genetics and Plant Breeding Program, School of Plant Sciences, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Haramaya University, PO. Box 138, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia

    Wassu Mohammed

  3. United States Agriculture, Animal, and Plant Health Inspection Service, Plant Protection and Quarantine, National Identification Service, 4700 River Road, Riverdale, MD, 20737, USA

    Tesfamariam Mekete

  4. Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research, Holetta Agricultural Research Center, PO. Box 2003, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

    Bekele Kassa

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Getu, T., Mohammed, W., Seid, A. et al. Evaluation of the Reaction of Various Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) Cultivars to the Meloidogyne incognita and Ralstonia solanacearum Disease Complex under Field Conditions. Potato Res. 67, 73–91 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11540-023-09624-w

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