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IMPACT OF SAFE ALTERNATIVE TREATMENTS TO MANAGEMENT GRAFT FAILURE ON CITRUS SEEDLING CAUSED BY SOME PHYTOPATHOGENIC FUNGI

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Last updated: 31 Dec 2024

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Abstract

Commercial citrus trees are composed of a scion grafted onto a rootstock. Because grafting is one of the most expensive methods of plant propagation, grafting efficiency is of large practical importance. Recently, Valencia orange trees on root-stocked Volkamer lemon, showed failure grafting. So, they were re-grafted again on a farm located in Um Ammar region of Ismailia governorate. Isolation trials resulted in Alternaria alternate, Fusarium solani and F. equiseti with frequencies i.e. 66.25% 31.37% and 2.11%, respectively from necrotic tissues. Also, the isolation trials were done from all the tested rootstock and scion in the nursery of Horticulture Research Institute (HRI) and the highest frequencies showed with A. alternata on Volkamer lemon (48%) while the lowest frequencies showed with Trifoliate orange (2%). As for Lasiodplodia theobromae, it was isolated only from Volkamer lemon. Also, the isolated fungi were identified using the traditional methods besides molecular bioassay. Pathogenicity experiment was conducted in greenhouse; for the two more frequencies fungi i.e. A. alternate and F. solani, the highest disease incidence percentage was 100% by A. alternate on Navel orange; Valencia scion with Sour orange and Volkamare lemon rootstock. Also, pathogenicity test of the plant samples of HRI nursery was done and the results showed that A. alternata recorded the highest disease incidence (100%) on Navel orange as scion with Sour orange as rootstock. On the opposite it recorded the least disease incidence on Valencia scion with Sour orange rootstock. In an in vitro experiment, the activity of five treatments (H2O2, indole acetic acid (IAA), xanthan gum, wood vinegar and control without treatment) was examined against the growth of the pathogenic fungi. IAA (1000 ppm) showed 100% inhibition of both tested fungi mycelial growth. Also in vitro fungicides' activity was estimated on growth inhibition against the two citrus pathogenic fungi mentioned before. Kemazed and Kinol (200 ppm) gave complete inhibition (100%), to F. solani. Also, Kemazed, Kinol, H2O2, IAA, and wood vinegar were accomplished in the nursery to assess their efficacy on failure grafting on either scion and rootstock. The wood vinegar and IAA as alternative fungicides gave superior activity against the fungi on the failure grafting percentage compared with the control treatments, whereas they recorded 77.77% reduction in case of A. alternate. Treatments of H2O2 gave the highest increase in enzyme activities, while wood vinegar increased the peroxidase, and polyphenol oxidase activities only.

DOI

10.21608/sjhr.2024.260630.1003

Keywords

citrus, failure grafting, Scion, rootstock, alternative fungicides, Wood vinegar

Authors

First Name

Zaki

Last Name

Mustafa

MiddleName

Mustafa

Affiliation

Fruit and Woody Trees Diseases Research Department, Plant Pathol. Res. Inst., Agric. Res. Centre, Giza, Egypt

Email

elwanzaki@gmail.com

City

giza

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Volume

1

Article Issue

4

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44460

Issue Date

2023-10-01

Receive Date

2023-10-04

Publish Date

2023-10-01

Page Start

31

Page End

50

Print ISSN

2974-4563

Online ISSN

2974-4571

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https://sjhr.journals.ekb.eg/article_341987.html

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341,987

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2,868

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Scientific Journal of Horticultural Research

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https://sjhr.journals.ekb.eg/

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IMPACT OF SAFE ALTERNATIVE TREATMENTS TO MANAGEMENT GRAFT FAILURE ON CITRUS SEEDLING CAUSED BY SOME PHYTOPATHOGENIC FUNGI

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20 Dec 2024