The invention belongs to the field of
disease resistance detection of
horticultural crops and relates to a
seedling-stage
root rot resistance identification method for
vigna unguiculata. The method comprises the steps of carrying out
germination hastening on
vigna unguiculata seeds, carrying out
sowing and
seedling raising, carrying out special strain inoculating so as to carry out screening, preparing a
vigna unguiculata
root rot bacterium
spore suspension, carrying out pathogenic bacterium
infestation, carrying out onset examination and the like. Root systems of young seedlings are soaked and infested by adopting a bacterial solution so as to subject the vigna unguiculata young seedlings to artificial
root rot bacterium infection; and the vigna unguiculata seeds are cultured in
seedling raising matrixes until each young seedling has two leaves and one heart, and then, the young seedlings are drawn out for
infestation, so that the growth vigor and size of the vigna unguiculata young seedlings are easily controlled, the vigna unguiculata young seedlings are easily drawn out, and the consistency and reliability of identification results are guaranteed. Special indicator strains are obtained through screening, the infesting effect is better by adopting appropriate time of
infestation and appropriate root rot bacterium
spore suspension concentration, the bacterium inoculating is uniform, and the onset is rapid. According to the method, by only injuring roots of different plants of consistent growth vigor through directly and naturally
rubbing the roots and then infesting the roots with the indicator strains, the root rot resistance of a large amount of vigna unguiculata breeding materials can be identified simply, conveniently, rapidly and reliably, so that the efficiency of variety resistance identification is increased.