英文摘要 |
The nematode is one of the most important factors that shorten the lifespan of citrus in Taiwan. The basic way for preventing the nematode to the host was the usage of resistant rootstocks. Although there were selections for root-lesion nematode resistant rootstocks being reported by the U. S. researchers, yet there was no way to obtain those seeds. Also there were biotype problems for nematode in different geographic areas. Therefore a selection among the Rutaceae plants for root-lesion nematode resistance was conducted in Taiwan for the past three years. The Pratylenchus coffeae was taken from Chia-Yi (in southern Taiwan) and for every pot of seedling (in 70 g media) 100 nematode was innoculated. The results showed that among 33 selections tested, both sweet and sour wampi (Clausena lansium), common jasmine orange (Murraya painculata) and the hybrid of Madou pummelo X Red pummelo were all resistant to P. coffeae. Also C. depressa X valencia, Mee-yu, red pummelo, Liu-ting (sweet orange), Ponkan and Rubidoux small flower trifoliate were moderately resistant, while the remaining 23 selections were either susceptible or highly susceptible. Sunki and rangpur lime, the two most common citrus rootstocks used in Taiwan, were rated as highly susceptible. Tests were also carried out for 3 kinds of trifoliate and one trifoliate hybrid, which had been reported as all resistant to citrus nematodes in the USA, together with the Taiwan popular citrus rootstockrangpur lime. After innoculated with Tylenchulus semipenetrans from kwanshi area (in northern Taiwan), the results showed that Flying dragon, Pomeroy and Rubidoux small flower trifoliate together with 4475 Citrumelo all were highly resistant to citrus nematode, because no single innoculated nematode (500 nemas. per pot) was alive. while the rangpur lime was highly susceptible. It is suggested that further research should be done for testing the possibility of using the moderately to highly resistant selections as the rootstocks for cultivated citrus varieties in Taiwan. Especially Rubidoux small flower trifoliate had shown to be not only moderately resistant to root-lesion nematode but also highly resistant to citrus nematode. Special attention should be paid to its practical implications. The significance of this research is that the results can be used as indicators for breeding nematode resistant rootstocks. |