The genus Allium covers more than 800 species, signaling among the largest among monocotyledons. The genus contains many economically important species, including garlic, leeks, onions, chives and Chinese chives. Due to the high conservation of chloroplast genomes compared to nuclear genomes and mitochondrial genome, sequence of chloroplasts in Amaryllidaceae have been consistently used for species identification and various in silico programs and strategies have been used to identify, characterize and compare plastid genome regions. Plastome from 15 species of the Amaryllidaceae family revealed similarity in both sequences and in the organization of their gene regions. The base pairs (bp) number ranged from 145,819 (A. paradoxum) to 159,125 (A. ursinum). In respect the GC content, the species presented a variation between 36.7% (A. schoenoprasum and A. sativum) and 37.5% (A. coddii) and the gene space ranged from 84.760 (A. paradoxum) to 94.766 (A. sativum). The genes that encode proteins showed values between 78 (A. paradoxum) to 89 (A. cepa). Phylogenetic trees acquired through alignment of complete plastomas and the plastidial matK gene revealed similarity to the proposed classification for the family. For the genus Allium, there was the formation of three clades with perfect correspondence of the clusters to the three evolutionary lines of the genus.

Aims: Considering the inexistence of M. emarginata cultivars resistant to M. enterolobii available for cultivation, and the scarcity of information about the severity of its parasitism in M. emarginata, the present study investigated the response of genotypes from the active germplasm bank of Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco to M. enterolobii parasitism, aiming the selection of resistant genotypes for use as rootstocks for commercial varieties. Study Design: The experimental design was completely randomized, with 21 genotypes and one independent matrix (control), with six replicates each. The experimental unit was represented by one plant per plot. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Agronomy, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco – UFRPE - Brazil between June 2013 and July 2014. Methods: In the experiment, completely randomized design was adopted, with 21 genotypes from the AGB and one as a control for susceptibility. The M. emarginata cuttings were inoculated with 10,000 nematode eggs, and after 150 days, they were evaluated for the following parameters: Egg mass index, gall index, reproduction factor, number of eggs per gram of root, number of eggs per root system. Results: Twenty out of the twenty-two genotypes analyzed were susceptible. The genotypes 021-CMF and 037-CMF were considered resistant. To our knowledge, this is the first identification of M. emarginata genotypes resistant to M. enterolobii. Conclusions: These results are of great importance for the breeding and cultivation of the species since these two genotypes can be indicated for use as rootstocks and for breeding programs aimed at transferring resistance to other cultivars with desirable production characteristics that are susceptible to the phytonematode.