Screening Selected Solanum Plants as Potential Rootstocks for the Management of Root-Knot Nematodes (Meloidogyne incognita)
Table 4
Mean yield parameters of the rootstocks after RKN infestation in 2015 (year 1) and 2016 (year 2).
Treatment
Days to 50% flowering
Number of fruits/plant
Fruit yield/plant (g)
Fruit yield (kg/ha)
Mean fruit weight/plant (g)
Year 1 (dry season)
Sam
28.00a
2.33a
23.70a
2961a
8.89a
Mon
27.00a
5.00ab
44.62a
5581a
7.43a
S. M
39.00b
10.33bc
227.50c
28442b
22.74b
S. A
51.00c
12.00c
147.61b
18448ab
12.30b
Year 2 (rainy season)
Sam
27.00b
13.00ab
870.30b
27196.87b
66.95c
Mon
29.00b
20.00b
1236.60c
38643.75c
61.82c
S. M
41.00c
9.00a
339.10a
10596.88a
37.68b
S. A
58.00d
19.00b
204.40a
6387.50a
10.75a
Means having different letters in a column differ significantly (). Rootstocks: Sam = Samrudhi F1; Mon = Mongal F1; S. M = S. macrocarpon; S. A = S. aethiopicum.