UN SDG
Horticultural Studies (HortiS) 2009, Vol 26, Num, 2     (Pages: 57-66)
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EFFECT OF DIFFERENT ROOTSTOCKS USE ON IN VITRO SHOOT-TIP GRAFTING SUCCESS IN SOME SWEET ORANGE

Şenay KURT 1 ,Ertuğrul TURGUTOĞLU 1 ,Gülay DEMİR 1

1 Batı Akdeniz Tarımsal Araştırma Enstitüsü, Antalya Viewed : 1654 - Downloaded : 914 Virus and virus-like diseases are one of the main reason for low citrus fruit production in Turkey. In citrus nursery propagation use of infected budwood is primarily cause for distributing diseases.

The success of the in vitro shoot–tip grafting techniques used for sanitation of viruses and virus-like diseases of citrus is affected by the rootstock and cutting variety, rootstock age, size of the shoot–tip, light and the talent of the grafter. In this study to determine the effect of rootstocks on the shoot-tip grafting, Troyer citrange, Carrizo citrange, Rusk citrange, and Flying Dragon was used as rootstocks and grafted with some orange varities. The most successful grafting was obtained with Troyer citrange. Keywords : Citrus, Rootstock, Shoot-tip grafting