The influence of citrus rootstocks on lime genotype tolerance to witches' broom disease.

ABSTRACT: Unfortunately, over the past two decades, Mexican lime orchards have faced a significant threat from witches' broom disease of lime (WBDL), associated with 'Candidatus Phytoplasma aurantifolia', leading to the ruin of many orchards in southern Iran. One effective strategy for controlling vector-borne diseases like WBDL is to find and use tolerance/resistance genotypes. Although a number of studies have shown that using tolerated cultivars, rootstocks or scion/rootstock combinations may affect phytoplasma disease severity, no studies have compared different Mexican lime genotypes/rootstock combinations against 'Ca. P. aurantifolia' infection. This study assessed the tolerance and response of four Mexican lime genotypes (G5, G8, G16 and G17) grafted on two commercial rootstocks (including Me

SUBMITTER: Raheb S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12381124 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature