Physiological and Structural Responses of Olive Leaves Related to Tolerance/Susceptibility to Verticillium dahliae.

ABSTRACT: Verticillium wilt of olive (VWO), caused by the soil borne fungus Verticillium dahliae, is one of the most relevant diseases affecting this crop worldwide. One of the best VWO management strategies is the use of tolerant cultivars. Scarce information is available about physiological and structural responses in the leaves of olive cultivars displaying different levels of tolerance to VWO. To identify links between this phenotype and variations in functional characteristics of the leaves, this study examined the structural and physiological traits and the correlations among them in different olive varieties. This evaluation was conducted in the presence/absence of V. dahliae. On the one hand, no leaf trait but the area was related to VWO tolerance in the absence of the pathogen

SUBMITTER: Cardoni M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9459789 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature