Table 2: Average (n=5 for each crop cultivar - Meloidogyne isolate combination) root-galling index (0-10 = no galling – 100% of root system with galls; ±standard error) on roots of different plant cultivars 8 weeks after inoculation with 10,000 eggs/plant of a California isolate of M. incognita race 3 (Minc-3) or M. floridensis (Mflor) in two repeated greenhouse pot experiments.
Crop Cultivar Experiment Meloidogyne isolate

a (S) or (R) indicates a Meloidogyne incognita susceptible or resistant cultivar, respectively.

bDifferent letters within rows indicate significant differences at the 95% confidence level, Kruskal-Wallis test.

Minc-3 Mflor
Tomato Daniella (S) a 1 7.6±0.2 ab 7.4±0.2 a
2 8.0±0.3 a 6.2±0.5 b
Celebrity (R) 1 0.4±0.4 b 2.2±0.2 a
2 0.8±0.2 b 1.8±0.4 a
Cotton SJ2 (S) 1 2.4±0.2 a 2.6±0.2 a
2 3.6±0.2 a 2.2±0.4 b
DP 1747NR B2XF (R) 1 2.0±0.3 a 1.0±0.4 a
2 1.2±0.2 a 1.2±0.2 a
Cowpea CB46Null (S) 1 5.4±0.2 b 6.8±0.4 a
2 6.0±0.3 a 4.8±0.7 a
CB46RR (R) 1 0.0±0.0 a 0.0±0.0 a
2 0.0±0.0 b 1.0±0.3 a
Pepper Baron (S) 1 4.2±0.6 a 2.6±0.2 b
2 4.0±0.5 a 1.0±0.3 b
Carolina Wonder (R) 1 0.0±0.0 b 2.0±0.0 a
2 0.0±0.0 b 1.0±0.1 a
Carrot Imperator58 (S) 1 5.8±0.9 a 4.4±0.5 a
2 5.8±0.9 a 4.8±0.4 a
Melon Durango (S) 1 9.0±0.1 a 8.0±0.1 b
2 8.5±0.2 a 8.4±0.2 a