Vol. 63 No. 2 (2024)
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Deciduous fruit trees and grapevines as alternative crops in Demathophora necatrix (syn. Rosellinia necatrix) infested soils

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  • Mery DAFNY-YELIN,
  • Jehudith Clara KOHAVI-MOY,
  • Tirtza ZHAVI,
  • Shlomit DOR,
  • Amber HILL,
  • Shlomi KFIR
Mery DAFNY-YELIN
Northern Agricultural Research and Development, MIGAL, Galilee Technology Center, Kiryat Shemona 11016
Jehudith Clara KOHAVI-MOY
Northern Agricultural Research and Development, MIGAL, Galilee Technology Center, Kiryat Shemona 11016
Tirtza ZHAVI
Extension Service, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
Shlomit DOR
MIGAL, Galilee Technology Center, Kiryat Shemona 11016
Amber HILL
Tel Hai Academic College, Upper Galilee, 9977, Qiryat Shemona, 1220800
Shlomi KFIR
Northern Agricultural Research and Development, MIGAL, Galilee Technology Center, Kiryat Shemona 11016
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/phyto-15307
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Published 2024-09-16

Keywords

  • Apple rootstock,
  • GF-677 almond–peach rootstock,
  • Grapevine rootstock,
  • Tolerant crops

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M. DAFNY-YELIN, J. C. KOHAVI-MOY, T. ZHAVI, S. DOR, A. HILL, and S. KFIR, “Deciduous fruit trees and grapevines as alternative crops in Demathophora necatrix (syn. Rosellinia necatrix) infested soils”, Phytopathol. Mediterr., vol. 63, no. 2, pp. 259–268, Sep. 2024.

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Abstract

White root rot, caused by Dematophora necatrix (syn. Rosellinia necatrix), affects deciduous trees. A D. necatrix infection-distribution survey found widespread disease in apple and cherry orchards in northern Israel bordering a Mediterranean forest, although the forest trees were unaffected. Because cherry and apple orchards must be abandoned due to long fungal survival in infested soils, alternative deciduous fruit trees and grapevines were assessed for growth in these D. necatrix-infested orchards. In the field, grapevine rootstocks and the almond–peach rootstock GF-677 were most tolerant to D. necatrix-infested soil. Apple was the most sensitive crop, with the rootstock Hashabi being more tolerant than PI80 or MM104. The Mediterranean forest tree Pistacia atlantica, which can serve as a rootstock for pistachio, was as sensitive as kiwifruit and apple, and persimmon rootstock sensitivity was not different from grapevine. Those results show that beside the above mentioned crops, vineyards can also replace apple orchards in D. necatrix-infested soils and so broadens the list of possible crops for the local farmers in a Mediterranean climate at altitudes above 440 m above sea level. This has also been observed in a commercial 10-year-old vineyard of ‘Shiraz’ grapevines grafted on SO4 rootstock. The almond-peach rootstock GF-677 can also be grown in infested soil, but in commercial orchards requires additional treatment for adequate disease control.

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