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Greenhouse and field screening of wildLycopersicon germplasm for resistance to the whiteflyBemisia argentifolii

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Thirty-two accessions of wild tomato (Lycopersicon spp.) germplasm were evaluated for resistance to the whiteflyBemisia argentifolii Bellows ⇐p; Perring in a greenhouse choice bioassay. Density data were recorded for the adaxial and abaxial leaf surfaces for (i) all life stages ofB. argentifolii and (ii) types I, IV, V and VI trichomes. Individual plant selections (33 from 22 wild tomato accessions) with high resistance were subsequently tested in the field to verify the resistance found in the greenhouse screening. Resistance was defined by the density of all life stages of the whitefly observed on the eight leaflets sampled at nodes 5 and 7. Only type IV trichomes had a consistent (but low) and significant negative correlation between trichome density and whitefly density for various life stages. The highest whitefly resistance was observed inLycopersicon pennellii accessions LA 716, LA 1340 and LA 2560. The most resistantL. hirsutum f.typicum accessions were LA 1777 and LA 1353.

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  1. National Horticultural Research Center, Thika, Kenya

    S. G. Muigai

  2. Dept. of Horticultural Sciences, Inst. of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, 32611, Gainesville, FL, USA

    M. J. Bassett

  3. Gulf Coast Research and Education Center, University of Florida, 34203-9324, Bradenton, FL, USA

    D. J. Schuster & J. W. Scott

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Muigai, S.G., Bassett, M.J., Schuster, D.J. et al. Greenhouse and field screening of wildLycopersicon germplasm for resistance to the whiteflyBemisia argentifolii . Phytoparasitica 31, 27–38 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02979764

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