The resistance of 48 Brazilian and European potato genotypes to infection by Meloidogyne javanica was evaluated in a naturally infested field, in the dry and rainy seasons in the Federal District, Brazil. The experimental design was the complete randomized block with four replicates and plots with ten plants. In the dry season (May to September), the infection levels on the marketable tubers reached up to 9.7%, with the soil temperatures ranging from 13.5ºC to 27.7ºC. The levels of infection varied from 31.0% to 93.5% in the rainy season (November to March), under higher soil temperatures ranging from 27.0ºC to 33.0ºC. 'Achat' behaved as the most resistant to M. javanica among the 48 potato genotypes, and presented percentages of infection on the marketable tubers of 1% in the dry season and 31.0% in the rainy season.
Solanum tuberosum; pest resistance; nematode
