Faba bean cultivar responses (tolerance & resistance) to P. thornei in field trials

This dataset reports changes in population densities of the root-lesion nematode, Pratylenchus thornei following a set-up phrase in which differential populations of P. thornei were established in a factorial design by growing two wheat cultivars: one moderately resistant (MR, cv. QT8343) and the other susceptible (S, cv. Kennedy). In the following season the following were grown: eight faba bean cultivars, three wheat cultivars (MR, moderately susceptible-susceptible (MSS) and S) and narbon bean (very susceptible). Soil samples were taken from every plot before planting and after harvest in Year 2 to determine P. thornei populations at 0–30 cm soil depth by the DNA-test offered by PREDICTA B; nematodes were also assessed "manually" to 90 cm soil depth using the Whitehead tray method and enumeration under a microscope.