Tolerance level of grafted papaya plants against papaya dieback disease
Papaya (Carica papaya) cultivars commonly grown in Malaysia, namely Sekaki and Eksotika, are very susceptible to papaya dieback disease (PDD), resulting in reduced production of papayas. As an alternative, grafted papaya seedling using Viorica variety as a highly tolerant rootstock can be introduc...
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Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
2021
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| Summary: | Papaya (Carica papaya) cultivars commonly grown in Malaysia, namely Sekaki and Eksotika, are very susceptible to
papaya dieback disease (PDD), resulting in reduced production of papayas. As an alternative, grafted papaya seedling
using Viorica variety as a highly tolerant rootstock can be introduced to combat PDD. Three grafting combinations of
scion/rootstock were used in this study namely Eksotika/Eksotika (E/E), Eksotika/Viorica (E/V) and Viorica/Viorica (V/V).
These grafted plants were tested over hot-spot diseased location to evaluate their field tolerance levels against PDD for 14
months of exposure. The occurrence of PDD on grafted papaya plants showed that the disease was mostly found in the
E/E combination, with disease severity of 86.7% and a disease score of 4.34, whereas the disease severity and disease score
of E/V grafting was 71.0% and 3.55, respectively. The lowest disease occurrence was recorded on V/V plants, with a
disease severity of 34.3% and a disease score of 1.72. Results showed that E/E and E/V were highly susceptible, while V/V
was tolerant against PDD. Therefore, papaya var. Viorica rootstock proved that it could influence the tolerance level of
papaya cv. Eksotika scion against PDD. |
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