Mal Secco Leaf Infection

Studying behaviors of 4 Italian lemon rootstocks towards Mal Secco leaf infection with the fungus Phoma tracheiphila, isolated in Tunisia in controlled environment, is that the aim of this research work. It involves prospection of infected lemons fields in Tunisia, isolation and morphological identification of the fungus, preparation of inoculum and infection of leaves of 4 rootstocks. Following the synthetic inoculation in three assessments after 10, 20 and 30 days post inoculation (dpi) by observing the looks of disease symptoms, counting the share of positive inoculation and determining the typical disease intensity consistent with the leaf empirical scale. All these parameters indicated about the behaviour of the rootstock towards disease additionally to allowing the classification of the four lemon rootstocks according to susceptibility to Mal Secco. OMICS Group International is one of the leading Open Access Publishers which is publishing 700+ peer-reviewed journals with the support of fifty ,000+ editorial board members as editorial team and aimed to disseminate the scholarly knowledge to the scientific society.

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