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Mechanisms of resistance in brinjal (Solanum melongena L.) to whietfly Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius)

Volume : 88
Issue: Oct-dec
Pages: 657 - 659
Published: June 22, 2023
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Abstract


Ten brinjal accessions including two wild accessions were evaluated in glasshouse for their level of resistance and the mechanisms of resistance against Bemisia tabaci (G.). The morphological characters viz. trichome density, length, breadth and the biochemical characters viz. solanine phenols, sugars and pH play a deferential role in the preference of feeding. The accessions TS 00052 and Arka neelakanta were found to have less population and fewer trichome with higher amount of solanine, phenols, lower levels of sugars and pH. The wild type accessions manifested a high level of resistance to B. tabaci.

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657 - 659
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© The Author(s), 2025. Published by Madras Agricultural Students' Union in Madras Agricultural Journal (MAJ). This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited by the user.

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Bemisia tabaci Mechanisms of resistance Trichome Solanine Phenols Sugars pH
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