Molecular Basis of Rootstock-Scion Incompatibility in Macrophylla Decline May Reveal Useful Information for Screening Compatible Rootstock-Scion Combinations

• Main Author: Taylor, Kathryn C.
• Other Authors: Wright, Glenn
• Language: en_US
• Published: College of Agriculture, University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ) 1997
• Subjects: Agriculture > Arizona; Citrus fruits > Arizona
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10150/220565

Several differentially expressed markers of compatibility or incompatibility were isolated and are being molecularly characterized One marker is present in young Eureka on Macrophylla trees and on Macrophylla decline affected, Eureka on Macrophylla trees, while absent on healthy, Eureka on Macrophylla trees of the same combination. A second marker appears similar to a gene that encodes a Zn-binding homeodomain of a DNA binding protein in plant cells. This particular marker was found in the leaves of healthy trees, but absent in Macrophylla decline trees, which are known to be Zn deficient. Thirty-five markers are being characterized in all.