Evaluation of Five Pepper Varieties for Resistance to Meloidogyne incognita

In order to reduce the extent of the damage caused by Meloidogyne incognita in Shouguang county,Shandong,which has recently been becoming a major pathogen in greenhouse vegetable production system,farmers usually rotate pepper(Capsicum annuum) with Meloidogyne incognita host.The present experiment was to evaluate five pepper varieties for resistance to Meloidogyne incognita in a pot trial.The results showed that all five tested varieties were successfully infected by Meloidogyne incognita,indicating they were susceptible to Meloidogyne incognita.