Comparison of Inoculation Methods for Screening Tomato, Pepper, and Aubergine Plants Inoculated with Neoscytalidium Novaehollandiae

Year 2025, Volume: 8 Issue: 3, 385 - 391, 15.05.2025

Hümeyra Ayvacı , Fatih Durmuş , Mehmet Güldür , Murat Dikilitas

https://doi.org/10.47115/bsagriculture.1649429

Abstract

Neoscytalidium novaehollandiae is a highly destructive fungus that causes serious yield losses in economically important crop plants. A reliable and rapid inoculation method for Neoscytalidium novaehollandiae was evaluated in eggplant, tomato and pepper seedlings under greenhouse conditions. Three different inoculation methods namely, cut-stem, spray, and injection were evaluated on tomato, pepper, and aubergine seedlings. The results showed that the cut-stem and injection methods were effective on tomato, pepper, and aubergine plants while the spray inoculation method was not found effective. Especially, the cut-stem inoculation method appears to be the most appropriate method for pathogenicity and screening of seedlings for N. novaehollandiae pathogenicity.

Keywords

Neoscytalidium novaehollandiae, Grafting techniques, Cut-stem, Spray, Injection

Project Number

HÜBAP-21224

Thanks

This study was summarized from Fatih Durmus's master's thesis and was supported by Harran University Scientific Research Projects Coordinatorship as project numbered HÜBAP-21224.

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