In:
HortScience, American Society for Horticultural Science, Vol. 44, No. 3 ( 2009-06), p. 595-598
Abstract:
In 1968, the CRA-Research Center for Citriculture and Mediterranean Crops (CRA-ACM) started a research program aimed at breeding citrus rootstocks. The monoembryonic species C. latipes (Swing.) Tan. was used as the female parent; trifoliate orange [ Poncirus trifoliata (L.) Raf.], sour orange, and volkamer lemon ( C. volkameriana Pasq.) were used as male parents. The behavior of some of these hybrids tested with other standard rootstocks in Sicily and Sardinia was evaluated. The cultivars under comparison included ‘Washington’ navel orange and ‘SRA 92’ clementine in Sardinia and ‘Tarocco’ orange in Sicily. Our results showed the dramatic influence of rootstock on plant growth and yield; only minor effects on fruit quality were observed. Among the standard rootstocks tested, Swingle citrumelo provided the highest yield. Some of the tested hybrids (F5 P12, F6 P12, and F6 P13) may improve plant yield, thus maintaining good fruit quality. Encouraging data obtained with these hybrids may justify the use of monoembryonic species of the Papeda subgenus for breeding citrus rootstocks.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0018-5345
,
2327-9834
DOI:
10.21273/HORTSCI.44.3.595
Language:
Unknown
Publisher:
American Society for Horticultural Science
Publication Date:
2009
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2040198-X
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