FRESENIUS ENVIRONMENTAL BULLETIN, cilt.27, sa.11, ss.7446-7453, 2018 (SCI-Expanded)
In recent years, the fact that the healthy life ideal has become prominent in the agenda resulted in an increase in eggplant consumption and utilization, similar to other vegetables, promoting an increase in eggplant cultivation. In the present study, resistance of 77 different eggplant genotypes against Fusarium wilt (Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. melongenae-FOM), Potato Y potyvirus (PVY) and Root-knot nematode (Melodiogyne incognita-RN) were determined with molecular marker assisted selection and classical testing. To determine FOM resistance, 77 eggplant genotypes were screened with the SCAR426 marker, which was identified to be the closest to the gene at 1.2 cM, and it was determined that the four eggplant genotypes, namely P11, P29, P49 and P52 were heterozygous resistant against FOM. FOM-resistant lines were verified by classical testing. As a result of classical testing conducted to determine PVY and RN resistance of eggplant genotypes, it was determined that all lines were PVY-sensitive and P29 and P52 genotypes were resistant to FOM and RN. Diseaseresistant genotypes determined in the present study would contribute to the development of the new F1 hybrid eggplant cultivar.