The potential of grafting with selected stone fruit varieties for management of almond witches' broom

• Published in: Phytopathologia mediterranea Vol. 56; no. 3; pp. 458 - 469
• Main Authors: TAWIDIAN, Patil, JAWHARI, Maan, SOBH, Hana, BIANCO, Piero, ABOU-JAWDAH, Yusuf
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Florence Firenze University Press 01.12.2017; Firenze University Press Università degli Studi di Firenze
• Subjects: Candidatus Phytoplasma phoenicium; Crop diseases; Deoxyribonucleic acid; Disease control; Disease management; Diseases and pests; DNA; Environmental aspects; Fruit trees; Fruits; Grafting; Grafting (Horticulture); Management; Mollicutes; Performance evaluation; Physiological aspects; Phytoplasma; Plant pathology; Polymerase chain reaction; Prunus persica nucipersica; qPCR; RESEARCH PAPERS; resistant cultivars; Rootstocks; Scions; Seedlings; Shoots; Stone fruits; Subgroups; Trees; Uprooting; Witches' broom; Lebanon; Iran; United States > US

A lethal disease of stone fruit trees, characterized by proliferation of axillary shoots and witches' broom symptoms, has caused severe problems for more than 200,000 almond, peach and nectarine plants in Lebanon since the 1990s. The agent associated with almond witches' broom (AlmWB) was...