Abstract:In order to discuss the relationship between the resistance to Meloidogyne incognita and metabolism of phenylpropanes in roots of eggplant rootstock, effect of infection of Meloidogyne incognita on the activities of phenylalanine ammonia-lyse (PAL), tyrosine ammonia-lyse (TAL) and polyphenoloxidase (PPO) and the contents of total phenolic compounds and lignin in seedling roots were studied with Solanum torvum, the high resistant variety and Solanum integrifolium, the susceptible variety, which were planted in pots and inoculated with Meloidogyne incognita. The results showed that whether the seedling roots were infected by Meloidogyne incognita or not, the activities of PAL, TAL and PPO and the content of total phenolic compounds and lignin in Solanum torvum were significantly higher than those in Solanum integrifolium. Though the contents of phenylpropanes and activities of relative enzyme in seedling roots of two different resistant varieties infected with Meloidogyne incognita both increased, the activities of PAL, TAL, PPO and contents of total phenolic compounds and lignin in Solanum torvum increased higher than those in Solanum integrifolium, and the highest increasing extension of those indexes in Solanum torvum was 67.87%, 82.13%, 32.19%, 62.14%, 20.91% higher than the control, but only 47.13%, 45.52%, 18.08%, 35.38%, 14.86% higher than the control in Solanum integrifolium, respectively. During the process of infection, intensive resistant reaction was discovered in Solanum torvum, but the resistant rea- ction in Solanum integrifolium was weak except for at the earlier stage of first infection, especially, the resistance to second infection was remarkably lower than first infection. The results suggested that the metabolite of phenylpropanes and their key enzymes were closely related to resistance of eggplant rootstock to Meloidogyne incognita.