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1 June 2005 Variation for Resistance to Aphids (Homoptera: Aphididae) Among Tomato Inbred Backcross Lines Derived from Wild Lycopersicon Species
Glenn R. Kohler, Dina A. St. Clair
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Two tomato inbred backcross line (IBL) populations, derived from crosses between aphid-susceptible Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. ‘Peto 95-43’ × resistant wild L. pennellii Corr (D’arcy) accession LA716, and Peto 95-43 × resistant wild L. hirsutum f. glabratum Mull accession LA407, were evaluated in replicated field experiments for resistance to potato aphid, Macrosiphum euphorbiae (Thomas), and green peach aphid, Myzus persicae (Sulzer). Aphid infestation scores for each IBL and control (LA716, LA407, Peto 95-43, and susceptible ‘Alta’) plot were recorded weekly for 5 and 9 wk during the summers of 2000 and 2001, respectively. Aphid infestation scores from leaflets were used to calculate area under the infestation pressure curve (AUIPC), a measure of aphid infestation throughout the growing season, for each IBL and control. Score AUIPC was highly correlated with actual aphid count AUIPC, indicating that scores accurately reflected aphid infestation. Score AUIPC was also highly correlated across both years (2000 and 2001) and locations. Low score AUIPC was significantly correlated with larger plant size and sprawling, indeterminate plant growth habit. Seven IBLs, LA716, and LA407 were significantly more resistant to aphids (lower score AUIPC) than susceptible parent Peto 95-43 in both years. Two IBLs, 1034 and 1051, were not significantly different from resistant LA407 for score AUIPC in both years. The seven aphid-resistant IBLs identified here can be useful as donor parent material for resistance breeding efforts in cultivated tomato.

Glenn R. Kohler and Dina A. St. Clair "Variation for Resistance to Aphids (Homoptera: Aphididae) Among Tomato Inbred Backcross Lines Derived from Wild Lycopersicon Species," Journal of Economic Entomology 98(3), 988-995, (1 June 2005). https://doi.org/10.1603/0022-0493-98.3.988
Received: 28 June 2004; Accepted: 1 November 2004; Published: 1 June 2005
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KEYWORDS
host plant aphid resistance
Lycopersicon hirsutum f. glabratum
Lycopersicon pennellii
Macrosiphum euphorbiae
Myzus persicae
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