Crown Gall Disease Susceptibility of Some Stone Fruit Rootstocks in Turkey

Sümer Horuz,Yeşim Aysan,Behçet Kemal Çağlar,Mustafa Küsek

doi:10.15832/ankutbd.490932

Abstract

Crown Gall Disease Susceptibility of Some Stone Fruit Rootstocks in Turkey

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Crown gall disease agent, Rhizobium radiobacter causes economically deleterious damages in over 750 plant species including woody plants like pome and stone fruit and nuts and ornamental woody crops like roses, as well as on grapevines and raspberries (Kado 2002)
Since these three rootstocks were used for stone fruit trees of the region, they were tested for crown gall resistance
Crown gall disease resistance levels of three individual rootstocks was defined by statistical analysis and marked with different letters (Table 2)

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Rhizobium radiobacter (synonym Agrobacterium tumefaciens) causes economically deleterious damages in over 750 plant species including woody plants like pome and stone fruit and nuts and ornamental woody crops like roses, as well as on grapevines and raspberries (Kado 2002). This disease is of great significance for nurseries and results in scrapping of diseased trees reaching 80% or more (Moore 1990). Evaluations were made according to emerged tumor weights and sizes at inoculated sections of 90 shoots

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