Response of some carnation varieties to Meloidogyne incognita, Meloidogyne javanica and Meloidogyne arenaria

Carnation is one of the most crucial cut flowers in Turkey. Root-knot nematodes (RKNs) cause significant damage on carnation production and quality. Therefore, determination response varieties to RKNs required for management practices. In this study, four cultivars, Turbo, Betsy, Nirvana Glaciar, were inoculated with second stage juveniles (J2s) Meloidogyne incognita, M. javanica arenaria under controlled conditions. did not reproduce Turbo variety. variety was found be resistant these nematodes. moderately incognita javanica, but highly arenaria. Betsy Glaciar susceptible Results showed that carnations different based root knot Determining could an advantage control RKNs. Resistant used develop new varieties.