Two types of Barbarea vulgaris R. Br. (Brassicaceae) were tested to compare their resistance and susceptibility to powdery mildew, Erysiphe cruciferarum Opiz ex L. Junell (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae), root-knot nematode, Meloidogyne incognita (Kofoid & White) Chitwoodi (Tylenchida: Heteroderidae), and western flower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis Pergande (Thysanoptera: Thripidae). In experiments conducted in the greenhouse, the percentage of plants showing powdery mildew symptoms ranged from 54.2 to 83.3% in P-type B. vulgaris plants and from 0 to 20.8% in G-type B. vulgaris plants.In plants infected by powdery mildew, the percentage of leaves affected was higher in Ptype than in G-type plants, ranging from 11.8 to 21.1% in P-type plants, and from 0 to 0.36% in G-type plants. Infection by powdery mildew was more likely to occur on the leaves of largest diameter. Root galling showed that G-and P-type plants were equally attacked by root-knot nematode, but the multiplication rate of the nematode was 4.1 to 7.6 times higher in P-type than in G-type plants. Significantly more leaves per plant were damaged by western flower thrips in P-type (73.1 to 88.3% of leaves affected) than in Gtype plants (2.1 to 2.9% of leaves affected). The total numbers of adult and immature thrips found per plant on P-type plants were, respectively, 29.9 and 2.5, while on G-type plants less than 0.3 adult and immature thrips were found per plant. This study indicates that Gtype B. vulgaris could be a source of resistance to powdery mildew and western flower thrips.