Improving citrus production in Surinam through control of citrus tristeza and citrus exocortis viruses
1987
Klas, J.E. (Agricultural Experiment Station, Paramaribo (Suriname))
Of the citrus diseases occurring in Surinam, fungal, bacterial, viral and those caused by nematodes, tristeza is most important. Trials to identify the best rootstocks to replace the tristeza-susceptible sour orange found Rangpur lime budded with nucellar Alidjan orange best on heavy clay soils. Sunki and King (tangors) are good rootstocks for grapefruit varieties. Research showed tristeza virus transmission by the aphid vector Toxoptera citricidus to be bi-modal (non-persistent and semi-persistent) in Surinam, with the latter more common
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