Improving citrus production in Surinam through control of citrus tristeza and citrus exocortis viruses

Klas, J.E.

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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AGROVOC Keywords

agrume portainjertos resistencia a la enfermedad vectores virus de las plantas

Bibliographic information

Other Subjects

Virus des vegetaux; Suriname/ toxoptera; Vecteur; Porte-greffe; Frutas citricas; Resistance aux maladies

Language

English

Note

4 figs., 1 table; 16 ref. *XG

Type

Conference; Non-Conventional

Source

Seminar proceedings: Improving Citrus and Banana Production in the Caribbean through Phytosanitation, Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Co-operation, ACP-EEC Convention of Lome, Wageningen (Netherlands); Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute, St. Augustine (Trinidad and Tobago).- Port of Spain (Trinidad and Tobago), [1987]. p. 222-233

Conference

Improving Citrus and Banana Production in the Caribbean through Phytosanitation, (St. Lucia), 2-5 Dec 1986

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